"My parents came from a poor background and worked their way up because of education. They saw it as a way to succeed. So they cared about me getting straight A grades when I was growing up."

"I love the feeling of being on a team, rehearsing together, sharing a dressing room - I love that so much."

"I try to eat in a way that makes me feel good. If that means a little bite of chocolate I do that, but I try not to use food as a reward for myself."

"We all have a responsibility to volunteer somewhere and I'm lucky that I get the education and get taken to places to see what's out there and see what's happening and to then be a part of it in hopefully an impactful way."

"It is a unyielding truth that where compassion abides, fear and resentment lose their dominion — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"It is a profound truth that where compassion abides, fear and resentment lose their dominion."

"The fear of death comes from limited awareness."

"Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known."