I never felt safe. In high school, acting is what I did to stay sane. It wasn't about showing off; it was about revealing parts of myself that I couldn't reveal anyplace else.

I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.

When I was born, the doctor looked at my mother and said, "Congratulations, you have an actor!"

Louis Armstrong said you have to live a life. And that's right. If you don't live a life, you don't got nothin' to come out your horn.

When it came down to doing the nude scene, I couldn't hide how humiliating it was for me; I burst into tears.

I've never had my heart broken.

The opportunities I've had to play really complex characters - which haven't been a lot, but some - you never get over them.