I have more awareness of other people and, I hope, more sensitivity to their needs. I also find that I'm more direct and outspoken.

The bigger the canvas, the better I do. I'm not so good at understated, kitchen-sink kinds of parts.

Misfortune can force you into doing things you should be doing anyway. Lessons come from adversity. Anything can happen to anyone... You can find a new lease on life - more meaning than you thought possible in simple things... Let go. Live in the moment. Go forward.

When I first began acting, I assumed an intellectual responsibility attached to my profession, which I had accepted for a long time. My father taught me that an actor had to have a social and political conscience, and that the work that he does has to reflect from that.

I'm not living the life I thought I would lead, but it does have meaning, purpose. There is love... there is joy... there is laughter.

Once we choose hope, everything is possible.

It's defeatist to harp on what might have been, and yet, it's hard to resist considering what might have been.