It seems to me that whatever path you choose to take, in the end its up to each of us to try, test and live what we find out, to apply it and see what actually works, and that's the exciting and challenging part of this very real adventure.

You might get one job for having a famous parent, but you won't get your second unless you're good.

In the end, it's your job to own the role, and in the end, you are playing certain aspects of your own self, even.

I briefly flirted with some of the new age offerings available in the early '90s and found strength in Buddhism, but ultimately I was looking for something that was not tied to tradition.

It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you know. Killers, even.

Children depend mightily on animals for comfort, inspiration, imagination, and art. And parents have long recognized this.

We're a pretty open-book family; we kind of lead with our hearts. There's nothing to hide.

In my family, there was no celebration of ignorance. They'd come and see Chekhov or Shakespeare. I've got a sister who got a first in her degree. We don't sit around watching TV all the time.