School is so overwhelming - you can get lost in the idea that yes, you are going to be alone.

I used to entertain myself - I taught myself to use stilts and juggle and ride a unicycle. But I was never immediately interested in theatre.

I'm having to protect myself. How do you protect your heart and cover everything? When you don't want to look people in the eye and you're constantly dodging, I fall into it.

Everyone has experienced alienation - at some point you go through a moment where you say: "I just want to be left alone." And what is the ultimate point of being alone? - it's dying, of course.

Family is so important. Friends are so important. You need that connection.

With any character, you want the audience to at least empathize.

Playing music is such a great way to bring people together.

More young people need to come to the theatre in general.

Everything worthwhile in life is attained through hard work. Happiness is not an exception.

The less serious running of any description which an athlete indulges in before eighteen, the better for his future prospects.

I say let Matteo Renzi work. He took over a country that was in disarray, not florid. And not the other way around.

Talking to other people while you're cooking, it doesn't come naturally.

Will still produce considerable overlook and shadowing on adjoining streets.

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might be expected, that it takes only more time and patience commonly than to travel the smoothest highway.

The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.

My predictions are notably inaccurate

The world is nothing but a moment.

You should show encouragement whenever you can. People try harder when they know that someone cares about them.