I certainly know I have been blessed with much more empathy than I ever knew I would feel for other people.

You know what daring really is to me? It's maybe much more simple: the willingness to get up and try it again. It's not about whether or not you fall down, it's how you get back up. And I've taken quite a few tumbles, myself.

I do think that what's wonderful in life is that we gain perspective as we take on different roles that are mind and heart opening.

I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up.

Life sweeps you up. Some people resist a lot. I probably haven't resisted very much.

I love comedy. I don't approach it any different. I'm not a comedian. I'm not a stand-up. I just do it like a part and personally, I love to watch comedies. If you don't get to do what you like to watch you get frustrated.

The argument about marriage equality will one day seem as arcane and shocking to us as the fact that Rosa Parks had to get up and go to the back of the bus.