The message I got from my father was that life is hard, but you just don't quit. I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness. You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge.

The experience of being cared for is profound, and it nourishes the soul as much as the food does the body.

When I read the script sometimes, it's like 'Christ! Enough!' I can't sleep at night sometimes. There's the occasional script that just hammers you, that you can't shower off.

I have a more developed sense of my priorities. Life has so much more meaning now.

Kids who drink alcohol, fairly regularly before they're 14 have a 48% chance... of becoming alcoholics.

Sometimes things in life happen that allow us to understand our priorities very clearly. Ultimately you can see those as gifts.

I look at all the things life has allowed me to do, and I feel like the luckiest person in the world.