People realize that we're very good at sending people to war, but we're not good at taking care of them. And people are coming back from war now; years ago, they would have been killed, now they're wounded; and they're coming back alive and with post-traumatic stress. So, I think Americans are sensible enough to know we've got to figure out a way to take care of them.

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

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 mean, I think a healthy country is a country where people are healthy physically, and a smart country is a country where people are educated.

I happen to be a hopeaholic. I tend to look at problems as an opportunity to do some work.

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.

I think we need leadership that helps us remember that part of what we are about is caring about more than the person right next to us, but the folks across the way.