I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overseeing it in a compassionate way.

Life is suffering. Life is not resistance to suffering. The point of life is to suffer. This is why we're here: We're here to suffer. I believe in a higher power that compassionately allows suffering for us as a race, to grow and mature.

I came to acting in a very circuitous way.

I came to America to make it my home, and I did.

I thank God that I left office the same way I came in: with integrity.

And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.