I have three dogs and a cockatoo.

Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.

In high school I never went to the prom because I was too consumed with gymnastics. Also, with my hair in pigtails and looking about 10, I wasn't exactly date material.

I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open.

Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children.

There's so much denial in gymnastics. It's a beautiful sport but the other part is numbing. You become machinelike. They'll refute this, but I've been around it. I know.

It's really hard to separate fantasy from reality.

Nowadays a gold medal is a $1 million contract. Our athletes are our heroes.

It's that athlete's obsessiveness - the need to prove yourself and work harder than anybody else. I think it's what helped me do well in the theater.

I will jump into most any role.

I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So you had to maintain the image of youth.

Loud critics are silenced by loud success.

The fine art of preparing sushi is something that you watch and learn.

The wise man admires water, the kind man admires mountains. The wise man moves, the kind man rests. The wise man is happy, the kind man is firm.

If you contribute to other peoples happiness, you will find the true meaning of life. The key point is to have a genuine sense of universal responsibility

By and large, reporters and editors are devoutly secular and deeply distrustful of those who act on faith.

Their racial characteristics are such that we cannot understand or trust even the citizen Japanese.

For there are strong grounds for thinking that, in the evolution of thought, magic has preceded religion.

You give up a lot to be in politics. And if you're not there to change the world I don't know what you're there for. I mean, it doesn't make any sense to me.

I'm somebody who can absorb a lot.

Barbara Comstock is a solid and reliable conservative. I've known her for many years. She'd make a great member of Congress. I am happy to join other conservatives and proudly endorse her candidacy.