I mean, I think that - as an actress, in particular, I'm basically a fool, and I see the world upside down.

You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy.

What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of things.

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.

I never know when somebody's going to knock on the door of my own unconscious in a way that I wouldn't have anticipated.

Racism has been for everyone like a horrible, tragic car crash, and we've all been heavily sedated from it. If we don't come into consciousness of this tragedy, there's going to be a violent awakening we don't want. The question is, can we wake up?

We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession. If that fact causes you despair . . . pick another profession. Your desire to communicate must be bigger than your relationship with the chaotic and unfair realities . . . We have to create our own standards of discipline.