I had all the usual ambition growing up. I wanted to be a writer, a musician, a hockey player. I wanted to do something that wasn't nine to five. Acting was the first thing I tried that clicked.

The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity.

If you want to be an agent of change, it starts with you and what you're made of.

I wait for good opportunities to come up to do stuff; I'm not seeking things. I'm quite busy in the meantime, but if the right thing came up, I would be happy to do it.

I've learned some exciting things - mostly, that people really want to help each other; and that, if you can lay out a vision for them - and that vision is sincere and genuine - they'll get interested.

I discovered that I was part of a Parkinson's community with similar experiences and similar questions that I'd been dealing with alone.

The only thing worse than an opportunity you don't deserve is blowing an opportunity.