You learn from things that don't go well, and you try to capitalize when they do. You build on those strengths and try to make your weaknesses stronger.
My mission is to support our service members. They're volunteers, and if they're going to go to a hostile place like Afghanistan, I think we owe it to them to back them up and try to help them get through it.
Yeah, I volunteered to support the troops, and get out there and show them that we care about them.
I started as an actor. I started directing because Steppenwolf needed another strong director.
The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to find out that they have a whole veterans' initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans.
Careers, like rockets, don't always take off on time. The trick is to always keep the engine running.
