I grew up in and the teachers. I think I was very lucky. I think I had a lot of social capital, and so when I found myself in this position of influence, I just - then I started to engage a bit with some of the problems in the world and realize that I could actually have an impact.

My heart goes out to the people of the city of Boston. My thoughts and prayers are with the families who lost loved ones in such a senseless and heartless way.

I need to know if she [Sarah Palin] thinks dinosaurs were here four thousand years ago... because she's going to have the nuclear code.

Paranoid is what people who are trying to take advantage call you in an effort to get you to drop your guard.

[Americans] can't understand that the water in our toilet is cleaner than 880 million have access to.

I think what's important for kids to know is that your decisions here on earth matter, your behavior matters and how you treat other people matters.

My mother is a professor of early childhood education. When I was two she would say she knew I was going to be an actor.