Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance.

As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians.

I have witnessed how education opens doors, and I know that when sound instruction takes place, students experience the joys of new-found knowledge and the ability to excel.

A more effective international disease surveillance system is essential for global security both against a bioterrorist attack or a naturally occurring disease.

Those who have learned to behave as winners always end up winners.

People think I'm a very serious actor, which I am. But you know, if you don't have a sense of humor doing what I do, you perish.

I will be able to look back on my teen years as spent on a television set just having the biggest bunch of fun.

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.

I've done a ton of theater work and dramatic work, but nobody really knows me that way.

Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.

Sometimes, I get so consumed by depression that it is hard to believe that the whole world doesn't stop and suffer with me.

If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.

You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor.

When I got to Hollywood, at first I couldn't get a lot of jobs. So I grew a beard and look like a really bad Arab, and I started to get a lot of work because that's what they want.