Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is happening to create something that resonates deeply with the rest of the people that are caught in the middle of their own reality.

My main concern is theater, and theater does not reflect or mirror society. It has been stingy and selfish, and it has to do better.

People in power have to be careful about what comes out of their mouth. They have to find exactly the right word that can't be attacked.

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.

Poverty makes it very difficult in an already competitive world for kids to get on a straight track where they can actually love learning.

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

For me, first of all, I love people, I love ideas.