August 28 Birthdays

If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Invent a past for the present.

I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain.

A Frenchwoman, when double-crossed, will kill her rival, the Italian woman would rather kill her deceitful lover, the Englishwoman simply breaks off relationsbut they all will console themselves with another man.

Comedy is really my passion. I started out way before television doing sketch comedy with other women. Very much along the lines of, at the time it was Sensible Footwear, but now its Smack The Pony, French And Saunders, that kind of thing. Thats how I started out.

Its something that I think Im going to have to fight against for most of my career, for people to take me seriously as an actor as opposed to a good-looking guy. Its not what I want to be known as.

Its so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away.

The story was such that I couldnt make a graceful ending and then make a graceful new beginning. I could have, but I didnt want to. So, it isnt the most graceful way of writing a story. This new story is, I think, is pretty good stuff. Im pleased with it anyway.

There is no magic wand that can resolve our problems. The solution rests with our work and discipline.

If I have to be fierce, Ill be fierce.

Actor playing Auggie on Disney's Girl Meets World. Food Allergy Advocate.