Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

When I was a kid, my grandfather said that "if you say a word often enough, it becomes you." Thinking of that later in life gave me this idea that I could try to become America by learning the words of people from many aspects of the country.

You hang around actors, or dancers, the minute you sneeze, everybody has a remedy, and we're all on a million different kinds of diets, and different kinds of things that we do for exercise.

I see myself as not a typical theater person, but a person who uses the theater as a place to meet people and explore ideas.

A lot of acting techniques are very self-oriented.

I remember from my father's funeral that the minister kept using a metaphor about life of a prism. And I took that away like a cherished image.

Art simply can’t be stopped.