I Had To Work From A Young

I First Felt Successful When I Was 13 And In A Show Called "seesaw." I Came Offstage And Heard The Applause Of The Theater Audience And Felt A Sense Of Accomplishment. Around That Time, My Role Model For Success Was Burt Lancaster. He Was One Of The First Actors In Hollywood To Start His Own Production Company, And I Respected Him Because He Created Something He Believed In.

I Always Wanted To Be A Boy Scout But Was Too Poor. Couldn't Do It.

People Who Have Not Done Their Research On Me Do Not Know That I Am European, Born In Copenhagen, Denmark To An Italian Father From Napoli And A Mother From Alabama Who Was Singing Opera And Went To Europe, Met My Dad, Fell In Love, And Then Moved Back To Rome, Where I Was Raised, Between Rome And Hamburg.

As Human Beings, When We're Young, We're Not Jaded. As We Grow Older, We Begin To Take On Ideas Of Our Parents, Family Of Origins And That Changes Us. We Become Less Fluid Sometimes. So For Me, I Look For Roles That Are Uplifting In Many Ways - No Matter What The Race Or Color Of The Role Is. I Want To Go Beyond That And Try To Share What I Think My Gift Is And That Is We All Have This Gift Of Choice. We Just Don't Sometimes Realize We Have That Choice.

I Just Want To Serve Up The Goodness And Grace That's Been Given To Me Because I Made A Choice That Lined Up With My Passion. And That's What I Tell My Kids.