I Wish My Mother Had Left Me

No Matter What, When You Major In Theater Arts Whether You Want To Write Or Be A Director Or Design Scenery Or Whatever, When You Are A Freshman At Ucla Then - I Guess It's Still The Same Way - You Had To Take An Acting Class.

I Always Had A Weak Chin Because We Couldn't Afford To Correct My Bite, Which Could Have Been Corrected With Braces. So The Chin Was Always Weak. And I Always Was - Kind Of Hated My Profile. And I Thought Wouldn't It Be Nice Someday To Feel The Rain On Your Chin Without Having To Look Up.

I Have Always Grown From My Problems And Challenges, From The Things That Don't Work Out, That's When I've Really Learned.

You Have To Go Through The Falling Down In Order To Learn To Walk. It Helps To Know That You Can Survive It. That's An Education In Itself.

It's Also Selfish Because It Makes You Feel Good When You Help Others. I've Been Helped By Acts Of Kindness From Strangers. That's Why We're Here, After All, To Help Others.