There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.

Fear is where the information is.

My last son is leaving to go to college; my grandchildren are being born. My mother is living with me.

I MUST go to what desperately frightens me - the chance of failure.

We just fight our way through it. But you can't just get up and walk out without repeating the behavior over and over.

All people want on this earth is to connect with others. Other than eating and sleeping. Human beings need to connect with other human beings. Otherwise, they lose their mind.

And I realized that sometimes the greatest triumphs in your life come in on little cat feet and sit on silent haunches and it's up to you to see it before it moves on.