Also, if you want to reach people, theatre is not always the best way to do it.

There's nothing I need from anyone except love and respect, and anyone who can't give me those two things has no place in my life.

The next time you feel you have to say, "I love you" to someone, say it to yourself - and see if you believe it.

To make positive change requires lasting commitment, lasting commitment requires measurable targets, measurable targets requires detailed action plans, detailed action plans requires a goal you desire, desire requires a positive attitude to change your life, and the option to change your life requires WORK. Byron Pulsifer, from Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

In Torch Song, I did that character almost non-stop from 1978 until I made the movie in 1987. Then I had some failure, which also colors how you react to doing other things.

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

It's a wonderful world. You can't go backwards. You're always moving forward. It's the wonderful part about life. And that's terrific.