College was a great time. I partied there, but I also learned how to act.

What I love about theatre is that it disappears as it happens.

I actually would love to live in New York. But I need land; I need space. I'd love to move to a place where I could have a lot of land and a goat.

Acting is very much like a child making believe. I'm not one to become a character, but I fall in love with the character. It's like having faith; you're going to be that person for a while.

I don't call myself an artist. I act. That's what I do.

I've always had this deep and chronic sense of dissatisfaction.

I think my face and voice suit me better as I get older.

I pray to be of service to the playwright, the audience, the other actors and my character.

The first thing I look for is the humor, because you can tell what the character's fears and insecurities are through the humor.

I always wanted attention, and I realized I could make people laugh.

We had won the war, but when the insurgency reared its ugly head, we lost everything we had gained.

She had never known that ice could take on so many shades of blue: sharp lines of indigo like the deepest sea, aquamarine shadows, even the glint of blue-green where the sun struck just so.

There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it.

I don't believe in the reality of painting, so I use different styles like clothes: it's a way to disguise myself.

Naturally we are aware of the strength of our economy and naturally we don't want to downplay it.

You must be much WITH God before you can be much FOR God.

The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.

If even a small portion of the praise that is bestowed on Michael Jackson now in death was given to him last year, in life, he might well still be with us.

There's no way you can look into the game of life and determine whether or not you'll get that big break tomorrow or whether it will take another week, month, year or even longer. But it will come!