If you stop for one second and do something, everyone is happy. You pay it forward and it comes back to you twelve-fold.

Chocolate is the first luxury. It has so many things wrapped up in it: Deliciusness in the moment, childhood memories, and that grin-inducing feeling of getting a reward for being good.

It wasn't really that hard to act when you see somebody holding a gun to your partner. It's also believing the circumstances and I believed it.

I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness.

Fifty years ago my Mother stood on this stage accepting this award; She was fortunate enough to have my Dad with her. Fifty years later, I'm fortunate enough to have my Dad with me. I love you, Dad.

Italian culture is so deeply soaked in an appreciation of the good things in life.

Sexual assault and domestic violence are difficult things to talk about. Talk about them anyway.