As a kid, I loved being loved, and still do. Who doesn't love being loved?

The most important, overriding arc of my career has been that I would never be self-deprecating.

People feel like if they don't have a voice or a name or the spotlight, then they're invisible. But if you can't wake up in your world, in your life, with your family and your friends, and enjoy it, then forget it. All bets are off, because that's all anybody is guaranteed.

I love National Geographic. Just when you think you've seen the last lost native tribe, National Geographic will find a new one.

Gayness is a non-issue.

I've always loved being at the eye of the storm creatively with people that I find exciting and glamorous. So sometimes I got sidetracked in my career and maybe I would have done more TV or film.

You reach a certain point in your 30s when you say things in a much safer way.