I realized that acting was something I wasn't going to be lazy about. You feel good when you do it well. It is something that can grow in you.

I would love to do an all Laura Nyro show.

I wasn't a great student. Just give me a school with no grades, and I'll be happy.

I like playing dress-up, and I love pretty jewels, but for me, being a movie star would be a very dangerous place.

I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you dont recognize someone because theyre so lost in the part.

I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a song.

Drawing attention to myself has never been a goal.

It's hard to act in a corset. Your breath gets cut off. You're squashed.

Pride makes us artificial

And I decided it really was true after all. You only really need two people to believe in the same thing, to feel as though you just might belong.

We want to be brothers and sisters. We want respect and equality. Simon Bolivar, our father, said a balanced world - a universe - a balanced universe in order to have peace and development.

Men who believe that, through some exceptional grace or good fortune, they have found God, feel little need of culture.

When I go into a pitch room and I'm pitching something with a writing partner, everybody tends to look at the guy, even if I'm doing a lot of the talking.

It was better for me when I could imagine greatness in others, even if it wasn't always there.

I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for the last time. After that, your memories should be personal.

Grace Kelly writes great songs, sings beautifully, is a world class saxophonist, and is going to be a big big star

Your fears never go away. You just get more comfortable ignoring them.

They were so clever finding ways to get me the ball. They had to do more than just give up open shots. They had to avoid fouls and pass me the ball in traffic.