For me, the best journalism is usually the best storytelling, and the best stories are those of real people.

I just found that the knowledge of ordinary Americans about Iran is very small - which is totally expected.

I'm a very hopeful person.

I think in any country you have macro situations and micro ones.

I'm planning on how I want to tell my own story. I feel like my situation and my experiences are unique in some ways.

A lot will have to happen globally and personally before the stars would align.

I think that I'm a really optimistic person.

I'm always surprised when I read a story that's reported from a great distance.

Maturity is about ripeness, thoughtfulness, quality, balance, and wisdom.

Sometimes 'Hmm' is the wisest thing to say.

Championship teams are built on being prepared, playing unselfishly and being held accountable.

If I should ever decide in the future to discuss my deep Christian beliefs and condemnation and sinfulness, I would use another forum besides Playboy.

Usually I play people who just keep babbling on and on and on.

That's the Senate Ethics Committee, an oxymoron since 1973.

Without good drawing, the foundation of a painting will collapse.

I'm not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten what high school was like.

When you can wake up in the morning and feel successful whether some end goal is realized or not...THAT is true success.

I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager.