You might say I was a passive atheist through my teenage years.

I may have had a prejudice against agnosticism as a body of thought: sort of a fence-sitting theory, where you can't make up your mind one way or another.

My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.

When I have had such men before my camera my whole soul has endeavored to do its duty towards them in recording faithfully the greatness of the inner as well as the features of the outer man. The photograph thus taken has been almost the embodiment of a prayer.

Back when the natural sciences, philosophy, and theology were one great intellectual hodgepodge, proving the existence of God was a relatively commonplace exercise. To the modern mind, however, science and religion talk past each other.

It's important to take leaps of faith.

I was excited to hear others talking of God. Most people in show business have some strong spirituality but don't talk about it openly.