I'm lucky to be alive. It took three years of therapy to recover but I did it.

There shouldn't be a separation of any religion in any way. Unfortunately, through the centuries there have been problems from the "My God is better than your God" mentality.

Anybody who knows the public school teacher world knows there's not a lot of money in teaching. You do it because you love what you do.

Work hard, believe in your dreams, follow your dreams, don't give up, don't let failures hold you back. Those things were preached to me. They've taken a firm rooting system in my beliefs and what I'm passing on to my kids.

Hollywood likes to put out their own message out a lot of times, and that message isn't the best one for everyone.

I like doing movies that have good messages and have good moral backgrounds to them and things like that - and send out positive messages.

In a career playing heroes, I learned a little about the real thing. A hero stands up-for himself, for herself, but most importantly for others.