My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.

Portraying Pocahontas' story well was important to me because she was a real person and these were real events in her life.

Yes, I’m proud to be indigenous. I’m half-Quechua-Huachipaeri from Peru.

I hope to contribute to a global warming of hearts and a climate change in human consciousness.

I prefer home-schooling because you can work at your own pace and go towards more what you're interested in, whether it be history or geography or math.

You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.

Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed light on issues that need to be brought to the world.

My father's Peruvian! I actually have a lot of family in Cuzco. I'm also Swiss, Alaskan, French, Spanish and Italian.

When a man carries an instrument of violence, he'll always find the justification to use it. If we really want to escape this war, we have to stop bringing it with us.

Fill yourself with love to feel the abundance of life.

I'm always looking for just the right song that has something to say.

Suppose no one asked a question. What would the answer be?

This was nostalgia in the literal Greek sense: the pain of not being able to return to one's home and family.

I was the last Republican lieutenant governor and it's been over 20 years.

When you want to become free, your righteousness and anger are much less interesting than they used to be.

A fisherman is always hopeful -- nearly always more hopeful than he has any right to be.

If you want to cut down a tree, it is no use to climb into its branches.

Pluck not the wayside flower; It is the traveler's dower.