There are 80 million moms in the United States. Forty million stay at home with their children.

When you start suppressing feelings at an early age, it hurts you down the road. Full expression of anger and pain is very important.

Young people can be the catalyst for starting the effort to redefine what's important in America.

Michael Sanchez and I grew up in New Jersey, not far from here, playing soccer together. When I was in high school, I worked to start an organization to help senior citizens, which I learned a great deal from.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

I'm just kind of taking a break now and enjoying the freedom of making my own choices. When you're on a television show for six years, they run your schedule.

There's no quit in our family. Our dad was the chief proponent of that. [On the set] we were constantly telling each other, Stay true to the story, we know that we love each other, keep communication open. We knew how unique this was-you're doing a movie that really could be put out there all over the world, and you're telling this personal story about your family.