You don't have to be strong all the time, Xena. Sometimes it's good for the soul to be soft.

You have to develop a very thick skin.

You get so afraid of failure and so afraid of losing and so afraid of not being the best that it's not a natural drive - it's born out of fear of failure. Which helps in Hollywood.

I'll just go guard some villagers or something. Even if they're not in danger.

Troubled is a polite word for what I am.

Have you ever considered that there isn't a safe time to be around you?

To sweat is to pray, to make an offering of your innermost self. Sweat is holy water, prayer beads, pearls of liquid that release your past. Sweat is an ancient and universal form of self healing, whether done in the gym, the sauna, or the sweat lodge. I do it on the dance floor. The more you dance, the more you sweat. The more you sweat, the more you pray. The more you pray, the closer you come to ecstasy.