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“One of the things, I think, as humans, that we need, especially if we have a relationship with our Creator, or we desire a relationship with our Creator, it's only human for us to want to put a face to who that is.”
“For whatever reason, God was putting me in these situations, in these stories about Jesus, so often, in such a relatively short period of time.”
“I think if I had experienced success much earlier in my career, I wouldn't have appreciated it in this way, and I most certainly wouldn't have developed the faith that I have now in the same way.”
“I think when Jesus felt the pressure of life, of human life, often He would go off on His own to pray and get recharged and just find quiet time. I do this. I find that doing the same thing - going off to pray by myself and just spend time with God in prayer alone - is monumentally impactful to me.”
“You don't need to play Jesus for the world in order to be Jesus to the world.”
“For two seasons HBO's 'Ballers' was one of my many side-gigs. I hustled to pay my bills.”
“I have a pretty sturdy sense of humor.”
“Jesus is the ultimate. And if I'm trying to model my life after Him, He was the supreme example of humility.”
“You must endeavor to preach the Gospel by the life you live, by your actions and the choices you make, by the political positions you take, and advocacy for the causes you champion.”
“At the end of the day, my message is that God is for everyone.”
“The Church would cease to exist on Earth, especially sacramentally, if vocations are not prayed for and answered by God and the Holy Spirit.”
“I'm a woefully flawed human being, but I'm trying to do the best that I can with the gifts that I've been given.”
“I already had a relationship with Dallas Jenkins, the creator of 'The Chosen,' from four years earlier when he cast me as Jesus in these short films for his church. That started our relationship.”
“There is, for me, a sense of mission about what I'm doing and it happens to be in the form of entertainment. And that's the gifts that I was equipped with by God, I believe.”
“I was raised Greek Orthodox, baptized Greek Orthodox, but later transitioned to Roman Catholic, when we moved from New York City to the suburbs.”
“I'm just a dude.”
“What matters is that people know that God is love and mercy and compassion. And there's always more room for people to know and discover who He is and how He can radically and profoundly change their lives if they give Him a chance to do so.”
“Jesus was a real person. He continues to be a real person.”
“The Bread of Life discourse in John 6 is the foundation of our understanding of how and why Jesus makes himself present to us within the Eucharist and the consequences of rejecting his instructions.”
“I never wanted to lose my anonymity. God had other plans.”