In this nation, leadership is dollars.

In the area we're discussing, leadership begins on Madison Avenue, on the desks and in the offices of people who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying what will get them ratings.

I think the greater responsibility, in terms of morality, is where leadership begins.

But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met.

I have a great family by the way, but you need to find people who can pull something out from you that might be otherwise unseen.

Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor.

No, my family is Russian, Georgian, via Ellis Island.

Very often, overweight children have parents who are struggling with weight issues.