I think a lot of Americans forget that they are not originally from here, that somebody in their past was a refugee.

The AT&T commercials are the most fun acting opportunity that anyone could ask for. That being said, directing exercises a part of my brain that is really fun that I don't get to try out as an actor.

We're so lucky to take being alive for granted.

I do know what it's like to be an outsider.

When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents!

The best part is when parents come up to me with their kids, and they say, 'My daughter started gymnastics because of you.'

Both my mother and father were very supportive of any career move any of us wanted to make.

I'm not here to - as a parent, I believe we are specifically here to help our children mature in the way that they can take on their own lives. I'm not here to live their lives for them. That's not my job.