Arts

The truth is, you have signed up for a life of service by going into the Arts. And the life-altering results of that service in other people's lives will never disappear as fame unquestionably will.

The world needs you. Now, the world may not exactly realize it, but wow, does it need you. It is yearning, starving, dying for you and your healing offer of service through your Art.

When you get a regular job, you start acting like regular people. And if you graduate from Emerson, you are not a regular person.

Anger robs creativity. Never go on stage mad.

I have always had a half-baked philosophy that having a plan B can muddy up your plan A.

Each moment is a procession from the future into the past and the sweet spot is always the present. Live in that sweet spot. Be present.

This is not preparation for life. This is life.

This is not about you.

Learn to trust yourself. That's very vital. Just stand with yourself. Remember, in his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only two paintings. I personally sold even fewer.

Less is more is a lesson that can be applied to most things.

Say yes to opportunity. Sink or swim, it'll change your life.

All forms of success, from being a great mother to being a great actor, take tenacity and determination. They say for every light on Broadway there is a broken heart, an unrealized dream — and that's the same in every profession.