I'm mortified to be on the stage, but then again, it's the only place where I'm happy.

My focus is my art, and that's what I love to do. I have to be really passionate in order to do something. I've turned down many things that I just didn't believe in.

Nobody likes to fail. I want to succeed in everything I do, which isn't much. But the things that I'm really passionate about, if I fail at those, if I'm not successful, what do I have?

Everyone can rise above their circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do.

You have to be burning with "an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right." If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.

We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.