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.

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.

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.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.

Either you vegetate and look out a window, or activate and try to effect change.