If it’s a pure expression of yourself no matter what it is or what medium, it’s going to shine. It’s going to resonate. You could look inside of yourself and you could have a canvas and you could paint a dot in it, but if that is where your creative purpose is taking you then it needs to be that dot.

And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.

I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.

I'm about as big a star as the Baha'i faith has got, which is pretty pathetic.

I'm a much better listener when I'm acting than I am as a person in real life because you learn as an actor that listening is so important. You have to really key into what the other person you're acting with is saying and how they're saying it and react in the moment to what is going on.

I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overseeing it in a compassionate way.

What's interesting is the show allows for the awkward pauses to be captured, which makes it stylistically unique, especially for American audiences.