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

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.

Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.

there is a relationship between the mind and the body that can both create a physical condition and enable us to recover from it

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.

At some time, often when we least expect it, we all have to face overwhelming challenges. When the unthinkable happens, the lighthouse is hope. Once we find it, we must cling to it with absolute determination. When we have hope, we discover powers within ourselves we may have never known- the power to make sacrifices, to endure, to heal, and to love. Once we choose hope, everything is possible.

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.