In performance, you dont always feel that sort of family bond right off the top. It sort of develops and grows over time.
By reaching out, more comes back than you can possibly imagine.
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.
At some time, often when we least expect it, we all have to face overwhelming challenges. When the unthinkable happens, the lighthouse is hope. Once we find it, we must cling to it with absolute determination. When we have hope, we discover powers within ourselves we may have never known- the power to make sacrifices, to endure, to heal, and to love. Once we choose hope, everything is possible.
What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.
Misfortune can force you into doing things you should be doing anyway. Lessons come from adversity. Anything can happen to anyone. . . You can find a new lease on life - more meaning than you thought possible in simple things. . . Let go. Live in the moment. Go forward.
A good actor is like a racehorse or a Ferrari. If a cylinder is missing on a Chevy, it's doesn't matter that much. But if something's not working right on a Ferrari, it makes a big difference. It's the three percent that makes the difference between good and great. It's a fine line. If you're not there, it's very painful.
What interests us is not the person who is pitying himself or who is sitting, stewing in their pain and their suffering. What interests us is the person who's overcome it, who's doing their best to move away from it.
I've put live performance in a lot of spaces. Part of what I want to do is take over the takeover. Another way that someone put it is, you climb over the fence and you cut a hole in it, and let everyone else in. That's kind of what this is. The museum is a repository of great works, but there is certain work that no one ever calls great. This is an insistence on directing their attention to other stuff that's great, that never gets to be in a museum.
I have always been intrigued by these lives I have never experienced.