One of the greatest feelings in the world is knowing that we as individuals can make a difference. Ending hunger in America is a goal that is literally within our grasp.

Hope's interesting, isn't it? I can't turn hope off, it's hopeless.

I've never been motivated by the award thing. There's a certain thing that this fame thing does that makes my job harder, in a way. I'm still working with that. I don't think about it too much until somebody asks me a question, and then I think about it.

I gotta take notes when things occur to me.

When you start to engage with your creative processes, it shakes up all your impulses, and they all kind of inform one another.

You have that Frank Capra kind of side to it and the characters are really well drawn, so I think everybody tried their best to stay faithful to the script.

If you open your heart, then the object of your love becomes so precious because you are so open. And that philosophy, that caring, spreads.