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.

I don't have to prove anything to anyone. As a result, I am ready to take up again the characters who are closer to what I really am.

I never said I will stand, I said I hoped to stand. It wasn't a prediction.

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.

For everyone who thought I couldn’t do it… for everyone who thought I shouldn’t do it… for everyone who said, ‘It’s impossible’… see you at the finish line!

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