Pain is inevitable. Misery is a choice.

And if you can channel the truth of your own experience onto the stage, that's what the audience wants to see.

All the scientists who are working on solving the problem of curing paralysis say that it won't do you any good if you don't keep your body in shape.

You learn the stuff of your life (sports, movies, traveling) ... that's not the essence of your existence, my relationships were always good. Now they have transcended (rise beyond).

Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.

I gradually stopped wondering, ‘What life do I have?' and began to consider, ‘What life can I build?

Having that college-town atmosphere with a live repertory company available was a real gift. I found myself gravitating toward the theater from about the age of nine. I guess it was the environment that got me started.