In 19 years growing up in Israel I had no Jewish friends. Zero.

I caution people away from quitting their jobs to travel the world because I don't think traveling the world is a worthy cause on its own.

I'm not here to tell you to take risks and quit your job and travel the world. No, don't do that if it doesn't make you feel comfortable and excited.

I wanted to be an aerospace engineer because I really like space. But I didn't go to the army.

An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money.

I don't want to be perceived as the money-grabbing 20-year-old; I just want to be perceived as the kid who loves to play football.

My debut feature, 'The Baby-Sitters Club,' got good reviews and made good money for what it cost. But it took me six years to get to direct my second feature. I think a guy would have had another movie out the same year.

The principle of building an economy without foreign monopoly capital has become a principle which, for us, is no longer subject to amendment.