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.

People who are sick, or who have been sick, or have come close to death have a lot to say - and they want you to hear it.

I love studying how people are. Not just what they're saying, but how they are, what they're doing.

Then everyone leaves, and you are left, each night, to your own devices with a crowd of interesting people - most of whom you don't know - sitting in the dark.

Discipline — both mental and physical — is crucial.

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.

That artists are called to be more responsible and 'true' is a tip of hat to their power.