Cathy Rigby

So it really does have a sort of bittersweet quality. Kids like to have adventures and to believe they can fly, but there's also that fear about people leaving you. ”

I grew up in a sport that didn't allow you to grow up. There was always the threat of younger competition. So you had to maintain the image of youth. ”

I'll talk to kids afterward and somebody will always say, 'I'll leave my bedroom window open for you. ”

I remember secretly going off and crying. All of a sudden I'm being blocked and have to be intimate in a scene, and I'm going, 'I can't even look people in the eye very well. How am I ever going to do this?' ”

Our athletes are our heroes. ”

Actually, performing is a lot like golf. You are alone, so vulnerable. ”

It's really hard to separate fantasy from reality. ”

I was always very active as a kid. I would climb on roofs and jump off using my parents' bed sheet, hoping it would open like a parachute. I was always getting hurt, breaking a leg, you know, bruising, cracking my head open. ”

I never realized until recently how much my life parallels Peter Pan. ”

I've been able to play a kid up to this point and pretend that I'm not a grown-up - well, at least for two hours a night! ”