Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.

In the face of adversity, hope often comes in the form of a friend who reaches out to us.

I remember telling a neurosurgeon, "Don't give me too much information, because at the moment my ignorance is my best asset."

Your body is not who you are. The mind and spirit transcend the body.

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

My father is an intellectual and physical man, which is a rather unusual combination. He's great. As he brought up me and my brothers and sisters, he ingrained in us that your appearance is not your responsibility, other than that you should not be a slob.

Nothing of any consequence happens unless people get behind an idea. It begins with an individual and they share the idea with more individuals-and eventually it becomes a movement.