My mother did an incredible job - one, of just being a great mom, but two, of instilling a tremendous amount of empathy into me as a young man, as a young person. My mom was kind of this collector of people; throughout my childhood, it didn't matter who you were. She was a high school counselor and then a junior high counselor, and she didn't just counsel students, she counseled other teachers and administrators and coaches.

There are always advancements that are happening with mining technology and the ability to detect gases or methane within the mine. Those things are moving forward every day.

I don't go into a movie with preconceived notions of where I want things to go.

When you train your employees to be risk averse, then you're preparing your whole company to be reward challenged.

I don't think Muslims do hate America. I think that's what we hear and that's what we believe. I don't think that's true.

I feel like throughout history we've heard bullshit from politicians, but now we're at the perfect intersection of technology and entertainment where we can, in real time, produce something that holds people accountable. That's an exciting time to be living in.

I was walking an average of about two and a half miles a day, which is still more than most Americans. Most Americans don't even walk that.