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

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

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.

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

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.

He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age. But to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden.

Nothing could make me forget what the Reagan years had actually been like.

You can't call any one person the devil. Because no one person has the power to be the devil.

Truth is always truth, untruth is always untruth. This is what matters, this is right desire.

When I finish an album and I find myself listening to it in the car, because it makes me feel a certain way, that's the time to try to let other people know about it.

The only time you're calm, you're centered, you're at peace, is when someone's trying to kill you. And that's just plain twisted.

So, if I were arrested or if I were killed, then after me the issues that American fears about me wouldn't exist anymore - and I couldn't tell you what those issues are

This is about saving children's lives. It is not about agencies and services protecting themselves.

Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance.

Virtue is the master of talent, talent is the servant of virtue. Talent without virtue is like a house where there is no master and their servant manages its affairs. How can there be no mischief?