Compassion is not a popular virtue
I like to think of myself less like 'an adult' and more like a 'former fetus. '
Humility was an important part of the way I grew up. And I found that to be less common when I moved to California. That's not to say humble people don't exist there, but ambition seems really important.
Nobody pulls a prank like George Clooney.
The music industry seems scary to me. I mean the film industry is crazy enough so the music industry to me seems like the wild, wild West. Like I would just never dare.
My family has had to become quite understanding about me not returning phone calls when I'm filming.
My mom was always a fan of just really elegant, sophisticated pieces. I mean we grew up in Maine, so we didn't have a lot of call for black tie or anything, but I think I definitely got that sensibility from her.
We adults all stay sixteen or so in some corner of the soul.
It is the privilege of greatness to confer intense happiness with insignificant gifts.
I'm always looking for those places where you can slam really disparate people up against one another, and they have to deal with each other. There are very few crossroads anymore. We talk about this country as this big melting pot, but it's a mosaic. There's all these pieces, they're next to each other, they're not necessarily mixing. And I'm looking for those spaces where people actually do mix.
He [Barack Obama] just seemed very firm about the change, and that's, like, his motto.