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Ultimately, when you're out on track with your helmet on, nobody can see the driver. Nobody can judge you on what you look like if your hair is long or short, if you're black or you're white, if you're male or female. All that matters is your performance. ”
I was always a very competitive little kid. I did swimming very competitively, downhill skiing very competitively. Everything was competition. ”
When you're a driver, you are very selfish and you only need to focus on your own performance because ultimately, it's your name on the side of the car. ”
When you are in election mode, you are focused only on winning. ”
My favourite actor is Daniel Day Lewis. He's the finest actor in Hollywood. I've studied his performances. ”
Bringing out your vulnerable side and shedding your privacy in front of complete strangers is so very difficult, but when you are into the performance, the relief and release is so extraordinary that you get addicted. ”
When you go to a show on opening night, or even the second performance, it is at the very beginning of what it will become. By the end of this run, the show will actually be what it is intended to be. ”
A great performance like Lady Macbeth may be forgotten. Writing endures. ”
I personally don't lock in a performance, because I do leave room for things to happen, so I just make sure I'm very intimate with what I'm saying and why I'm saying it so that no matter what happens, we can do whatever we want to do and leave space for play. ”
I want somebody athletic, outgoing, at least two inches taller than I am, rugged, very outdoorsy, a leader, someone who would overpower me. ”