You can do anything you think you can.

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.

I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.

When we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.

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

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

In the second half of the 20th century, people are becoming more limited: Vocabularies are smaller, thoughts are smaller, aspirations are smaller, everything is very scaled down. Everyone is typecast.