I was the only white kid in my neighborhood for most of my youth even in high school, so reverse racism was just as apparent as racism.

Every time you make a movie it's an adventure.

I was planning on going to Yale to theater school.

Any time you're a type, your career's over.

I don't believe in perfection, but those acrimony-free gaps during our family holidays can be downright blissful.

Material things are not helpful after a certain degree of saturation. So you turn to other products. I think that therapy is a product that can transform you. But why does it need to be packaged as a product? Why can't I work on myself with my friends and family?

The best advice I get is actually from my family and friends. That has been a huge resource I've come to rely on.

I think touring is an important part of the life of an orchestra. Not only sharing with other audiences, but bringing that sense of family that you get back home. The sense of growing deeper into the music, of making it all sound like chamber music - that comes from being together on tour.