“I grew up in such a small area that there really weren't any acting classes. So I had to wait till I got to college, at the University of Washington. I was a theater major there and got my training. Then after college, I packed up my Honda Civic and kind of fulfilled the cliché of driving down to Los Angeles, and literally, brick by brick - you know, the slow and painful way - I built my career.” KnowsWayKindWaitingActingClassCareersCollegeGrewMajorsGrew UpTrainingBuiltAreasTheaterUniversityPainfulDrivingLos AngelesFulfilledBricksCivicsActing ClassesHonda Author:Mariana Klaveno
“It's not a big secret that what's lacking and what's wrong in our society starts with education.” BigsSecretOur SocietyLacking Author:Oren Moverman
“You know why we're stuck with the myth that only black people have soul? Because white people don't let themselves feel things.” PeopleKnowsFeelsSoulBlackWhiteRacismMythStuckBlack People Author:Janis Joplin
“I'm looking into a different actor's eyes every couple days, and I'm learning so much just to see the different processes people go through, and how their acting works for them.” PeopleDifferentEyeActorsProcessActingCouple Author:Oren Moverman
“I have a three-year-old daughter, which makes me more environmentally conscious. For me, it's about the future.” YearsThreeDaughterConsciousThree YearsThree Year Olds Author:Rufus Wainwright
“Climate change has always been sort of my main focus. I think also with [what happened in Fukushima, Japan] there's still a lot to think about in terms of what's coming down the pike into the world's oceans, too.” ThinkingWorldStillsTermFocusHappenedOceanClimateClimate ChangeJapanFukushima Author:Rufus Wainwright
“When I was young, my mother [folk singer Kate McGarrigle] brought home this recording of Verdi's Requiem and we listened to it from top to bottom. By the end of it, I was a completely different person. It was literally a requiem mass for my former self. I was about 12 or 13. The Requiem just totally hooked into what I was going through emotionally - discovering my sexuality right at the time when AIDS was devastating my community and dealing with intense parental situations.” PersonsDifferentEndsSelfHomeYoungMotherCommunitySituationMassBottomFolksSexualityAidsSingersIntenseFormerDiscoveringKateHookedParentalRequiemVerdi Author:Rufus Wainwright
“My greatest experiences in the theatre and the most religious experiences in my life - of which going to the opera is one for me - have been with the Romantic composers' repertoire: it's Wagner, it's Strauss, Verdi, Puccini. That era gets me every time.” Has BeensReligiousTheatreErasOperaComposerWagnerReligious ExperienceOne For MeVerdi Author:Rufus Wainwright
“Opera needs to be a total escape from real life. To relate to what we're going through today is fine and dandy, but it's really about being transported and completely swept away by a romantic notion.” NeedsRealTodayFineNotionReal LifeRelateOperaSwept AwayDandy Author:Rufus Wainwright
“What I have learned the most is that women have always been integral to shaping America; they just haven't been recognized across all fields.” AmericaHavensFieldsI Have Learned Author:Dyllan McGee