Powell: "Anybody who knows me knows that I'm a goofy and fun-loving guy."

Powell: "Small screen or big screen my job on set doesn't really change. The only difference with TV is I get to be surprised with new information just like the audience every time I get a script."

Powell: "You have to learn to be a healthy competitor, winning or losing. Because there can be a lot more losses than there are wins."

Powell: "The basic premise of math is about efficiency. And when you've got racism, sexism, and bigotry, that's just standing in the way of efficiency in our own progress."

Powell: "It's nice getting to always work with such extremely talented people."

Powell: "When I first moved out to L.A. to be an actor, this family knew that I was a pretty big athlete back in Texas, and they said, 'You can live in our house for free if you coach our kid in football, basketball, and lacrosse.' So I was coaching all these sports teams, and I got to live at this house in Bel Air - this nine-acre estate - for free."

Powell: "It's a tough journey as an actor in Los Angeles."

Powell: "Here I am, a struggling actor, and movie executives are saying to me, 'My son's not playing much. What can we do about that?' How do I tell someone I'm dying to work with, 'Your kid is kind of lazy?'"

Powell: "Male bonding is the idea of having the confidence to say, 'I'm going to take you down.'"

Powell: "I'm not really a line type of guy. I mean, pick-up lines work for some guys. You gotta really sell that thing hard. I did try one pick-up line, and it failed miserably. I thought it was really funny, but the girl didn't find it very funny."

Powell: "If you say 'yes' to good things, you will get good things."