I Had To Work From

I Take Things Very Seriously, And I Give Myself Time To Come Down And To Ramp Up, And It's An Inside Spiritual Journey For Me. I Feel Like Acting Is A Way Of Feeling Your Personality, And It's Really Special. Special To Have This Kind Of Effect On People. You Can Only Have That Effect If You're Really Outside Of Yourself. You Can't Look At Yourself And Do What I Do At The Same Time. I Have Done It That Way In The Past, But It Doesn't Really Work. I Can Only Soar Within The Parameters Of Time, And I Use Music Analogies.

It Is The Strength Of The Mother That Is Going To Change The Way The World Is. It's The Compassion, The Love, The Very Open Spirited Mother And Woman That Will Move Us Forward In This New Century. It's No Doubt.

Many Times - Especially When I'm Playing An Historical Character - I Want To Be Really On Target With How I Create That Character And Really Nuanced With Who That Human Being Might Be. But I Don't Want To Lose The Likeness Of Me Or The Depth Of My Own Personality. So Meditation And My Spirituality Has Helped Me To Realize That, Yes, I Want To Get Out Of The Way But I Also Want The Ability To Hold On To What The Audience Likes Of What They See Of Me.

You Can Never Lead Unless You Follow.

I First Felt Successful When I Was 13 And In A Show Called "seesaw." I Came Offstage And Heard The Applause Of The Theater Audience And Felt A Sense Of Accomplishment. Around That Time, My Role Model For Success Was Burt Lancaster. He Was One Of The First Actors In Hollywood To Start His Own Production Company, And I Respected Him Because He Created Something He Believed In.