When Your Parent Is A Public Idol,

There Is A Time Of Reckoning In All Our Lives.

The Broadway Community Is Unlike Any Community In Show Business And It Is Unlike Any Community In The World. When You Come Into The Broadway Community They Open The Door And They Say "welcome". Not Only Do They Do That, But When Times Are Really Tough And Horrendous Things Have Happened And Really Tragic Things - The Broadway Community Shows Up! And They Say "how Can We Help?".

When You're Judy Garland And You Want Something, You Just Pick Up The Phone And Call Somebody. Anybody.

A Piece Of Advice I Would Give To Young Actors - Hang On To Your Family, And Hang On To Your Reality - And Hang On To Your "real". Because You're Going Into The Land Of Make Believe.

I Choose Not To Think Of My Life As Surviving, But Coping.