"The business can be frustrating. For me, Omaha is a rounding foundation. I was raised in a very faith-filled household, very hardworking. It made me aware of what privilege is. And it's a place I can go back to, spend time with nieces and nephews, celebrate the things that have nothing to do with the hubbub of Hollywood."

"In the summer after sixth grade, I took a class at St. Robert Bellarmine. My first role, I was the villain in a play, and I forgot all my lines. I think I cried my way through the performance."

"You know that thing when you're not asleep but you're not awake, and you can't move your body? I had that kind of nightmare, and I felt like all my teeth were crumbling in my mouth. Now I have this fear of all my teeth being knocked out of my mouth somehow!"

"I like going to museums and stuff, but I also like going out and doing lots of physical activity like camping and hiking. I like doing stuff that I've never done before. Curiosity is a big thing. Usually it means that people are intelligent and that they want to learn stuff about the world."

"Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates."

"Can anyone understand how it is to have lived in the White House and then, suddenly, to be living alone as the President's widow?"

"A leader does not command the wind, but sets the sails and steadies the crew. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Frank Sinatra is the only one that went from teen idol to superstar."