“Being under the microscope meant I was never given any slack. I still ...” — Ronan Farrow Quote

Being under the microscope meant I was never given any slack. I still managed to screw up plenty in life, mind you, but in the things I really cared about - the legal work, or the stories I was telling as a writer, or the office I built in government - I wasn't left a lot of margin for error. It's kept me driven.

When you're under a microscope from an early age, you realize that people aren't always going to like you. And that's OK. And you're going to fail publicly, and that's OK, too.

Hillary Clinton respects good ideas wherever they come from. That's something I haven't seen in a lot of powerful people.

I grew up in a family that had young people adopted from all over the world.

I've never cared for the idea of a career path, or where a film might 'take me.' My love is for acting not money, so I only take on roles that I find challenging, in stories I find interesting.

People are surprised by the poverty and think that I wasn't cared for. But that wasn't the case - I was deeply loved.

Marty was an extraordinary person. Of all the boys I had dated, he was the only one who really cared that I had a brain. And he was always - well, making me feel that I was better than I thought I was.

Throughout college and after college, I dated people where I felt like there was a big power play. I felt like I was in control, and then as soon as I wanted to be in a relationship with them, they would be like, 'no,' and then I felt like I lost all the power. It was all about proving you cared less.