“Is it possible to do something that that makes an audience uncomfortable, challenges them, makes them see things they’re not used to?”

And I didn’t think about the material as much. But sometimes I’ve thought about the material a lot and thought I was doing the right thing, and it didn’t work out.

Read it to the class and then afterward we would talk and I would answer questions. It was really a way of expressing and finding out about where I was at that particular time, so it was very therapeutic for me.

Our ability to manufacture fraud now exceeds our ability to detect it.

Look, but don’t touch. Touch, but don’t taste. Taste, but don’t swallow.

There is something to the repeats. I think that is part of what is healthy to young actors. Get out and learn something just through doing that, repeating.

I went to Performing Arts because that was the only school that would accept me. My scholastic level was not very high.

I believe in one day at a time; you’ve got TODAY, that’s what you’ ve got.

I don’t regret anything. I feel like I’ve made what I would call mistakes.

There are a lot of roles in Shakespeare, basically. If I feel that the script is a movie, I would be interested in doing any role of Shakespeare’s.

I’ve never felt sensitive to the whole issue, because being macho has never been a problem with me.

I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.

It’s so funny when people who are not used to making movies get into it. You just can’t believe how insufferably boring it is.

So I grew up having a certain relationship to work. It was something that I always wanted.

I found they took a lot out of you and they were exhausting for me in a lot of ways.

Waiting around and doing these lines over and over and finally having to go in and loop the lines and dub them.

I guess it has to do with my tradition and being Italian, we’re very outgoing with our emotions.

We need to try to unite audiences, unite countries, join musical tastes, unite people.

There are some shows that you wish you could walk and be in the audience for at the same time.

My father is a Baptist minister and my parents encouraged my music, always having me sing in front of an audience.

Social media is kind of the same across the board, so you just have to know how to engage your audience, and you will be popular on any platform that comes up.

I work hard for the audience. It’s entertainment. I don’t need validation.

I enjoy singing music with my audience.

Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; they can transfer knowledge from teacher to student; words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions.

I enjoy it when it’s over! I enjoy whatever success we have. If an audience finds it funny, then it’s been worth it.