There is something beautiful and permanent in the world, and that is the love that a person can have for another human being.

If you ever get the opportunity to work with Quentin Tarantino, you had better believe that it will be an experience of extremes.

It's about something that I'm extremely passionate about: exploring other cultures, how Americans are perceived by other cultures and how we perceive other cultures through our worldview. I travel whenever I get an opportunity to do so, and I think this country is ready for a show on television that is bilingual and really puts front and center another culture, both as the protagonist and the antagonist.

For violent people to make themselves vulnerable, and then to have that vulnerability be used against them, bad things can happen.

I try to leave a light footprint. I'm involved with Global Green, which aims to educate people about sustainable building and the greening of schools. I try to be aware about the consumption of unnecessary things in a consumptive culture.

'The Portrait of Dorian Grey' beautifully articulates how the altruistic part of ourselves clashes with our essentially narcissistic state.

The guy who kills 38 people is not the guy you'd want to have over at Thanksgiving.