“Figure out what you’re passionate about. If you’re not passionate about something, go find it. Because we do not need more unengaged boring people to inhabit this planet.”

I sustained an injury by singing with the flu during the second performance of Andrea Chenier in Buenos Aires.

I had and my voice was hurt. It was scary at first, but fortunately there was no permanent damage. I just had to be patient and wait for the voice to return. It took six weeks of physical recuperation and it took time to recover my confidence as well.

Figure out what you’re passionate about. If you’re not passionate about something, go find it. Because we do not need more unengaged boring people to inhabit this planet.

It is funny, I don’t feel old enough to give advice… But with the advisers you trust, you better listen to them. It may be bad news but that’s the only way you’re going to improve.

I am learning to be more vulnerable and open on stage. This comes with the development of my acting abilities.

I was very sick, with chills and sweats, but against my better judgement I let them talk me into singing. Of course I gave the performance everything

I generally prefer to stay quiet before a performance. I don’t like television cameras, but an interview is OK.

If we acknowledge our need for God, he will help us.

What we need of equipment is this: let it possess as good a structure as the real-life content that surrounds us. We need more simplifications to free us for seeing.

Everyone needs help from everyone.

For the longest time I have had so much belief and confidence in myself, which as an actor you need, because the entertainment industry is incredible competitive, brutal, and unpredictable just when you start to think you know what’s going on.

You do not ask a tame seagull why it needs to disappear from time to time toward the open sea. It goes, that’s all.

Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!

Even in the very beginning when she would bump into George Valentine and people would start taking pictures of her, she never thought “I’m with George Valentine. I need to get a picture with him.” She’s like “oh that’s funny. Everyone’s taking pictures!”

What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.