"Very often when I go in to meet for movies or pilots, I'm put on videotape. I hate the notion that that tape is going to sit on a shelf and never get better."

"We lament the speed of our society and the lack of depth and the nature of disposable information."

"Because I don't take money, I'll go anywhere and do a benefit concert with almost any orchestra."

"My father, who died a few years ago, was a good, simple, very honest man. His faith and affection for his family was just unassailable, without question."

"The best method for preventing destructive cult involvement is preventative education. If students and the public at large are more aware of destructive groups beforehand they may better understand and resist their recruitment efforts."

"I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework."

"John Ventimiglia, who was on 'The Sopranos,' was in my first acting class and we have been friends since that time. Alec Baldwin was in my class back then, Sean Young and Andrew McCarthy."

"Ooh, it's too embarrassing to share my innermost romantic secrets - although I have written Danielle the odd poem. If anything they are more comedic than romantic. They used to be well-received but that was before she started studying Shakespeare at drama college. Now I feel so inept."