You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.

The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that.

I am one of those people who isn’t great at anything, but I’m pretty good at most things.

I went through some tough times because if you're used to having a voice in contemporary culture and all of sudden, you don't have that voice, you don't have that outlet. I didn't appreciate that. I didn't understand how important that was to me. And all of a sudden, after investing all this time and energy, I had no identity. I didn't know who I was. I didn't know what I had to say. I didn't have a way to say it. It was very painful.

We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?

I am actually extremely casual in certain environments. But one of the reasons I like living in London, I like the formality of it, as compared to the formality of America - or informality. I like putting on a suit. I like putting on a tie.

Only hire people you want to have dinner with.