I am lucky: I have fantastic doctors and a fantastic dentist.

I have never been in a violent movie or television show.

I think what I am is a "convener"; I like to convene people around ideas.

I am not myself; I am the potential of myself.

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.

If I do three interviews in a day, I can be exhausted, because the process of hearing everyone requires that I empty out myself. While I'm listening, my own judgments and prejudices certainly come up. But I know I won't get anything unless I get those things out of the way.

President Obama called for a 'we' nation in his Inauguration Address. Art convenes. It is not just inspirational. It is aspirational. It pricks the walls of our compartmentalized minds, opens our hearts and makes us brave. And that's what we need most in our country today.