Do not let your light be dimmed by anybody who doesn't appreciate the dream that you're trying to pursue.

I was this very precocious kid with a big personality. When my mother saw that modelling was something I enjoyed, she didnt dissuade me.

You have to be willing to be afraid if you're going to be an artist.

Intelligence starts to get pretty dull if it's not coupled with kindness.

The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. It can be safer to stay in a comfort zone that's not stretching yourself.

The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. You have to be willing to be afraid, if you're going to be an artist.

Success for me will be where the body of work I've done afforded me the opportunity to be as good as I can be, and to explore myself and to see what I'm capable of.

The Hollywood culture is so invasive, and I definitely wanted to be near it eventually.

There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as your role models because there aren't as many greats.

Musicals are finally kind of coming back to a degree, perhaps out of a sense of nostalgia.

I'd love to play a full-out rocking chick.

No man should ever completely realize his dreams. What else would there then be to live for?

Then, all but instinctively, I took her in my arms. Pressed against me, her whole body trembling, she continued to cry without a sound.

Trials and tribulations only come into your life to test you, so you could make some testimonies out of them.

Happiness is a way station between too much and too little.

where a man feels at home, outside of where he’s born, is where he’s meant to go.

Gone are the birds that were our summer guests.

I had a very strong interest in music, specifically the piano from a very small age.

It's pretty sad that when people see a guy buying flowers, they assume he's in trouble.

Bodies wear out to remind us they are temporary, and force us to spend more thought on our spirits

If you fear that people will know if you do something bad, then there is something good in bad. If you are eager for people to know when you do something good, then there is something bad in good.