The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.

I must have got my detailed, obsessive streak from my father, who was an English teacher, because my mother wasn't like me at all.

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

The artist as citizen is here to stay.

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

I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong.

There's a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.