Quotes about "Youth & Coming of Age"

Success is freedom - scripts coming your way and getting to choose the stories you want to tell. ”

Well, I think having your kids see you role model behavior of dignity when it's hard, when you're upset, when you want to confront somebody but you don't want to and you're nervous about it, when you are having moments where abuse of power is coming on to you. I think it's really important for kids to see how you handle that. ”

I see the level of sophistication and knowledge about business growing dramatically. Several decades ago, only a few companies thought about international business. ”

I obsessively listened to all of James Lapine's shows as a child growing up in Cleveland and had every cast recording and every VHS tape of 'Into the Woods' and everything that James had done that I could get my hands on. ”

Pub life was such a huge part of growing up for me, going to pubs and being around them. It made me who I am today. ”

Growing up in bars might sound like child abuse. And if it does, then you're what my mom would call 'Protestants.' ”

I spent a lot of my time, growing up, at the Beck Center. I'd be in plays there, and I'd get there an hour or two early just so I could be there, where I felt safe and where I belonged. And that's such an important feeling to have as a young kid. The theater community, and especially the Beck Center, really embraced me and got me started. ”

Being a kid and growing up in Cleveland, the Tonys were how you saw Broadway shows: you got to hear from each show, and that's what inspired me to live my dream, so the fact that I am getting recognition from them, it's mind-blowing. ”

When I came out, I thought coming out meant giving up a marriage and a family. That was, to me, the most difficult part of the coming-out process. ”

My whole life growing up, both my parents told me not to swear like a sailor. After college, I recall there was finally a time where I swore, and neither one of them was correcting me, and I felt so relieved. I thought, finally; I can finally be myself and not get yelled at. ”