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" I was 12 when my parents told me we were moving to Lebanon. I remember thinking, 'Leba-who?' I had absolutely no concept of the place. "

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" I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all. "

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" I was always explaining why my term papers were never on time. I think that's where I got my acting training! "

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" There's something in human nature, the trying-to-get-on-with-it quality of people, the struggle to maintain or keep the show going can be exhausting. "

" You don't get to pick your partners in families; you get assigned a seat at the table. "

" I like complicated characters. "

" I was a halfback on an American football team in Athens, Greece - the Kississia Colts - where I went to high school, and we took the Cup my senior year. The downside, and somewhat unfortunate piece of information I have to pass on, is there were only two teams in the league because of the limited amount of Americans. "

" I have always been interested in the concept of ruin. "

" Everybody's family has problems. "

" You learn more about a person from the people around that person than you do from the person themselves. We all have our own ideas of who we are that may or may not be justified, and you can really find out a heck of a lot more accurately from the people around an individual. "

" I find fear is a great motivator to work hard. "

" I'm happy to report that everybody whose face I've wanted to punch on Earth has already been punched. "

" Let's keep the chemists over here and the food over here, that's my feeling. What do I know? But that is a big aspect of fast food is their ability to artificially taint the colors and the smells and stuff to stimulate appetite. "

" Setting goals can blind you to opportunities. You might be trying to get to point C. When opportunity B comes, you don't even look at it because you're going straight to C. "

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" In my sophomore year, a kid told me that the secret to getting women is to play really, really hard to get. I followed his advice, and I didn't have so much as a date that year. "

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" I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit. "

" I'm a terrible procrastinator. When we go to the airport, if they're not literally closing the door behind my sweaty, hyperventilating body, I feel I've been there too long. "