Growing up, I saw the world as an inspiring place full of interesting people.

When I was growing up, my family was serious about manners. I always wanted to put my elbow on the table to prop my head up. I didn't understand how other people looked awake. My head felt so heavy after the whole day.

Growing up in a very big family, working together and playing together, that is something that has been part of my life since ever I was born. It has advantages and disadvantages. It's like an older style of living where everyone works in the family business.

I studied philosophy at Columbia, then dropped out to do drama at the Lee Strasberg Institute.

There are a lot of people in my family who should have become actors.

A home is crucial, the foundation of a stable family.

The greenest home is the one you don't build. If you really want to save the Earth, move in with another family and share a house that's already built. Better yet, live in the forest and eat whatever the squirrels don't want.

We're a huge hockey family. I took to it really quickly, and I was in love with it.