Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.

I don't like the word 'superstar'. It has ridiculous implications. These words - star, stupor, superstar, stupid star - they're misleading. It's a myth.

I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.

Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.

I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.

It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.

I am also very proud to be a liberal. Why is that so terrible these days? The liberals were liberatorsthey fought slavery, fought for women to have the right to vote, fought against Hitler, Stalin, fought to end segregation, fought to end apartheid. Liberals put an end to child labor and they gave us the five day work week! What's to be ashamed of?