I talked with Brian Stokes Mitchell, who agreed with me that if you have a gift there is always stuff to do.

It is so important to get respect for what you do and at the same time give it.

All of the generations go to what is chic for them, and theater seems to be an older generation's art form.

At this point the theater America is in such a precarious place.

There is some sadness for me now about acting because it used to be that there was a reverence for actors.

I believe in things that move people, if the audience isn't deeply caught up and moved to either laughter or tears then I don't think it is theater.

You cant just trust to luck; you have to really listen to what that character is telling you.

Getting work in theater has always been sort of cyclical.

When I see what I want, I do it.

You know how dey say some people “devour” books? Not in da way ME do! Me REALLY devour books!

Who can know the mind of God?

We're going to let foreign corporations and their CEO's decide the outcomes of the [presidential elections] you just can't do this.

The most important thing in industry is the person who does the industry, which is the worker... Labor is the only source of wealth.

Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.

Drama, instead of telling us the whole of a man's life, must place him in such a situation, tie such a knot, that when it is untied, the whole man is visible.

When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change.

War defined my entire childhood and youth and most of my adulthood too - and in the US, it continues to do so.

Corporations have free speech, but they can't speak like you and me. They don't have mouths or hands.

You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won't back down.