The good news is we have the technology and the tools to alleviate poverty on a global scale. All that is standing in our way is education and will.

I don't believe in the afterlife. I believe this is it, and I believe it's the best way to live.

I'm with my friends more than I'm with my parents, but I know more about my parents than I know about my friends. That's something you get out of living with a person.

I'm pretty hard on myself in general.

Everyone has to find what is right for them, and it is different for everyone. Eating for me is how you proclaim your beliefs three times a day. That is why all religions have rules about eating. Three times a day, I remind myself that I value life and do not want to cause pain to or kill other living beings. That is why I eat the way I do.

If you read, your book is kind of your friend, because it's like the book is telling you its story and you're being the listener.

I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy.