But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always going to be you and if they don't like you for who you are, then what's the point of being someone else?

There is a point in every young person's life when you realize that the youth that you've progressed through and graduate to some sort of adulthood is equally as messed up as where you're going.

No matter who the characters are, you can strip them down and find small universal truths.

For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.

If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.

A lot of the powerful religious leaders, from Jesus to Buddha to Tibetan monks, they're really talking about the same things: love and acceptable, and the value of friendship, and respecting yourself so you can respect others.