Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with.

Stuttering is painful. In Sunday school, I'd try to read my lessons, and the children behind me were falling on the floor with laughter.

Before my grandpa built his own church, we went to the neighboring town, and it was a white community. You know, up north, mostly middle European people and Indians, Chippewa Indians. We were welcome to that church, but once we got in, they didn't know what to do with us.

The inclusiveness of the Drama League luncheon is one of the most exciting things about it. I get to see old friends and meet new friends. Of course I can't tell who anybody is if they're under the age of 75. So my old friends become my new friends.

Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.

No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement.

You don't build a bond without being present.