I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer when I was growing up.

I spent my summers in Connecticut scooping ice cream and babysitting.

The arts have always been in and around my life.

Theres something magical about theater. You can live the character every single day to the point where you become that person.

Im just lucky to have great parents. My sisters an actress. My brothers a musician. I found it hard growing up in such a... creatively driven family. I wanted to have this thing to create, myself.

My dads great. Hes an amazing artist. A sculptor. Hes wonderful and supportive. I love going to museums with him - we talk about... everything.

I played lacrosse for a hot second, but I was mainly a swimmer - captain of my swim team.

Work and pray rather instead of watching and wishing.

Birthday is a sacred-life celebration.

Emotions, moods, impulses, ebb and flow with the tide of my life. Tidal waves, at times, in a bipolar mind.

Sometimes this was much harder than trying to get an alligator in a suitcase.

Hey anyone who thinks a non-military–grade rappelling cable can support the weight of two grown men and a miniature donkey deserves to fall off a cliff.

One can't logically argue that because something highly improbable happens, some occult force had to make it happen that way.

Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain.

When a woman starts talking about her duty, her regard for appearances, and her respect for religion, she raises so many bulwarks which she delights to see captured by storm.

Deconstruction never had meaning or interest, at least in my eyes, than as a radicalization, that is to say, also within the tradition of a certain Marxism, in a certain spirit of Marxism.

What I find really difficult is making career decisions.