Acting is such a huge part of my life. It really allows me to have a creative outlet and to actually be able to have an outlet to discuss openly the things that truly I think are relevant in the world, that make a difference.

More than ever, it's very apparent that we are strapped for natural resources. We configure and reconfigure to try and find a way to maintain natural assets, when, ultimately, we are overlooking the most abundant, dynamic, and powerful resource we have available to us - our youth.

I don't want to see blood spewing out but I don't mind it in controlled environment. Does it make me squeamish? No.

The most underused, under-appreciated group of people in the world is our youth.

It's not who you know, it's who you don't know.

Growing up in rural Louisiana, the ecosystem around our home wove harmoniously into our family and into our daily life. Every life lesson that trickled its way into my being came from a mutually respectful relationship between the environment and my family.

The will to live that possesses us to create medicine, to become firefighters or teachers, is the same will to live that is woven into all living beings.