I saw a birthday card the other day, and it said, "If you didn't know how old you were, how old would you think you were?" I started changing it in my mind right away to, "If you didn't know how sick you were, how sick would you think you were?"

I didn't just want to be a poster boy and sign on to publicize somebody else's method of operations. If I was going to put myself out there, I wanted to make sure that it was to an end. So I got involved with this congressional hearing about Parkinson's being underfunded.

I don't keep up with it all. But Taylor Swift writes songs about everybody she goes out with, right? What a way to build a career.

I don't look at life as a battle or as a fight. I don't think I'm scrappy. I'm accepting.

Just as Parkinson's isn't a big topic of conversation in my house, neither is my career.

I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it's proactive and there is positive intent behind it.

My view of life is colored by humor and looking at the best in any situation.