“When I made my Broadway debut, I was still cleaning houses, something I’d done since I went out on my own at 15.”

I think people should be proud of the work they do, whatever it is. I have this other arty side that loves creating homes.

There are some people who’re all doctors. Is it genetic?

I was born and raised in New York, but my family on both sides is of Italian descent.

I don’t look at her like she’s a bad girl. She just misunderstood sometime, she’s a little troubled, she’s a little dysfunctional. She’s a survivor.

I went to a college in New York called New Paltz. I studied theater there for four years.

I’m the worst person about publicizing myself.

I would say that it’s important and probably crucial, but I wouldn’t say that everyone has to have it.

It’s nice when people approach you to help.

I think that training is important. I think you need to learn as much as you can learn.

I can be happy going to the hardware store.

I also studied privately in NYC with a teacher named Robert X. Modica.

The societies of consumption and squandering of material resources are incompatible with the idea of economic growth and a clean planet.

Cuba has the cleanest and most-educated prostitutes in the world.

Sometimes the Lord gives us a free sample of religious experience, but for more, we must pay a price with the currency of sincere dedication to the process of cleansing.

Surrender happens by Grace. All we’re doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.

The dirty wax of egotism accumulated in the heart prevents us from clearly hearing the Lord’s voice within. A guru, with the stick of knowledge, cleans our hearts. It’s really ugly to see what may come out, but by following patiently, we keep cleaning.

It’s so beautiful at this hour. The sun is low, the shadows are long, the air is cold and clean. You won’t be awake for another five hours, but I can’t help feeling that we’re sharing this clear and beautiful morning.

Food sacred to the manes or to the gods must be given to a man distinguished by sacred knowledge, for hands, smeared with blood, cannot be cleansed with blood.

When your room is clean and uncluttered, you have no choice but to examine your inner state.