In summers, while growing up in India, we often slept in the courtyard under the stars.

You are just your intelligence.

I stopped thinking about it after trying to figure out what are the lessons learned, and there are so many. After I had basically sorted that out, I figured it's time to really look at the future and not at the past.

The journey matters as much as the goal.

I loved to sing and dance and play-act, and I always believed that my dream to become an actor would come true because my immigrant parents had taught me to believe in the American dream.

I do think you need to understand a character's motivation and perspective.

The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America's past success are still here to be tapped.

What drives success, and the most successful students, is internal motivation.