I think the media loves taking the most absurd clips for a sport that has become congressional politics.

Growing up, I always had two interests and two passions; one being public service and the other being the arts and acting.

The point of serving your country is not to do your own thing or to go rogue, but to work as part of the process.

My folks are in Jersey. And I have a lot of friends and other family there. So, I try to visit as much as possible.

To the folks walking around the District of Columbia, I would say this: Be careful.

I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.

The water cooler conversation in every job I've had is sports, it's what did you do this weekend, it's how are your parents doing.

Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.

In many ways, I feel like having the opportunity to play Gogol in 'The Namesake' really was my dream role in many ways.

The Gospel of peace, must be preach to all people.

Just win. Period.

There was no reason for Bella Swan to cross paths with me. She would be avoided like the plague she was.

Capitalism: let live who can afford to, not simply who wishes to. Life has a price and it belongs only to those who can pay it.

Choose to be a love-finder rather than a faultfinder.

The years teach much which the days never know.

I try not to think about my public life. I focus on my private life, and that's just the best way to live.

My priorities had been changing before I had Addie but after she was born they changed completely. I don't count - my daughter sort of owns me.

Peace does not come just because we wish for it. Peace must be fought for. It must be built stone by stone.

It is easy to be a moral perfectionist when one is politically unaccountable.