The Music Is Something Outside Myself That's Also INSIDE Myself... Music And A Sense Of Another Presence ALWAYS Went Hand In Hand. Even When I Was Three, I Would Improvise Music, And My Maternal Grandfather Would Act As An Audience And Used To Applaud. I Would IMITATE THINGS Like Thunder And Rain.

Even When You're MAKING A Movie About Life, Death Is A Presence, And I Guess It's Part Of My DRAMATIC Viewpoint. I'm Not SURE Why EXACTLY.

Any PERSON, Brought Into The PRESENCE Of This Fact, Stops For A Few Moments And Remains Pensive And Silent; And Then Generally LEAVES, CARRYING With Him Forever A Sharper, Keener Sense Of Our INCESSANT Motion Through Space.

The Biggest IMPACT That ACTING And THEATER Had Was, Of Course, Stage Presence, But It ALSO Had A Big Impact On My Writing.

There Are Days When My Heart Is TROUBLED, And Just Being In The Lord's Presence And Thinking About His LOVE For Me Fills My Heart With Inexplicable PEACE And JOY.

I Always Thought That I Was GOING To Be Up There, Whether It's Was In The Top 20, Top 10, And I Wasn't Training Hard, But I Thought, You Know... My STRENGTH, My Presence, My TALENT WOULD Just Keep Me Up There, Without Really Training Hard And Really Committing Myself To The Game.

You've GOT To WORK HARD For Your Success And You've Got To Have A Steady Presence. That's The SECRET.

You Can't LEARN How To Have PRESENCE. I Walk Into A Room And PEOPLE Say 'I WONDER Where He's Been?' When Other People Walk In, They Say 'I Wonder Where He's Going?'

Meryl Streep Does THINGS I Would NEVER Have THOUGHT Possible... Her Presence On Screen Is OUTSTANDING.