Being a Catholic, I was drawn to the mystery of the Latin and the smoke and the mirrors and all of that. That part of my disposition definitely did lend itself to finding my way to the back door of some artistic pursuit.

My intent is to speak on behalf of those whose voices are less readily heard - children and women at risk

It's important to just keep wanting whatever it is you want and fight for it, desperately.

I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need.

I'm a native New Yorker. Everything to do with New York feels like my family.

My aunt had given me these rosary beads that were glow-in-the-dark. So all of a sudden I look down and they're glowing, and I'm looking toward the door and thinking, "Oh, my God, I don't want anything to come though here. I'm not worthy, I'm not ready." I didn't want to be one of those kids who sees Our Lady of Fatima.

In terms of our foreign policy, that's where we made a mistake after 9/11. Everyone's going, "Why, why, why," and there wasn't any investigation or learning from any of what we had been doing up to that time that had set us up.