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I was a dancer from about the age of four, so I was always performing and forcing my parents to watch my brother and I do 'Jesus Christ Super Star' in the living room. My first step was community theater, and then I started to do films. ”
It's the reason we go to films and watch television: to escape the mundane nature of life and see another world and see ourselves in that other world. I think that's what sci-fi does so well. ”
As a writer, as much as I try, I can't stop writing female characters. They have so much more to offer; they have to wear so many different hats. There's so much wonderful gray matter in a female's life that it just makes for a stronger character. ”
You just can't help but sort of think that your life and your career are going to go straight up, up, up. ”
I've been living a healthier life and, therefore, writing healthier music. ”
I can live on the road, no worries, because my life is scheduled, but when I come home to myself, that's what I'm worried about, finding the balance. ”
My experience of living with people of diverse religions and cultures taught me that one will never be at peace with the other if one is at war with oneself. ”
Muslims must speak out and explain who they are, what they believe in, what they stand for, what is the meaning of their life. They must have the courage to denounce what is said and done by certain Muslims in the name of their religion. ”
I'm all about cultivating joy in your life. ”
I've done community organizing my whole life and I think to myself, as an organizer, we don't wait for people to come to us and say, 'Help us organize something.' We go out into the community, and we bring the skills to a group of people to organize themselves. ”