We need this city to actually live up to its name-The City of Angels. We need to spread our wings. We need to show that we are more than red carpets, we are more than Hollywood, that we are a city ourselves of open arms. We are a city of generosity and compassion.

The most important thing we can tell young people is not to be an imitation of somebody else. That their life is special. They are the creator of their life and their way and find something that they enjoy doing that doesn't even feel like work. It feels like a passion. And then just by doing that and bringing that to the world, they become architects of change.

The Shriver Report presents an accurate and detailed portrait of American women and families at this transformational moment in our history.

The big thing is that if you don't try something, you'll always wonder. What could that have been like? What if...?

You know those goals you've set for yourself, those dreams you've been waiting for the perfect time to live out? It's time!

When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.

I think everybody has tragedy in their life. Everybody has hurdles in their life. Everybody has tough things to overcome. My kids say to me, 'This isn't fair.' I said, 'Life isn't fair.' Everybody has their issues. It's how you handle your issues that distinguishes you.