Wilson Cruz Quotes

Asked to give advice to a 13-year-old girl about how to lead her life, I say find something you love to do. The goal shouldn't be accumulating money. It might be making changes in the world, or in your country.

Because I'm not doing it for the money, I'm doing it because I feel like that story needs to be told or clarified, or something needs to be shown about that.

I want to be inspired, and I want to hopefully do work that moves people as well.

I want to create a body of work that is really, deeply important to people. One of the vehicles I use is business.

Making money is no fun. Contributing to and changing the world is a lot more fun.

I want to do work that has a message and casts a light over an area that's dark. But I'm fun and jovial, too.

It's not every day you get to do what you love and have a major story behind it.

Writing is hard work; it's also the best job I've ever had.

Acting is not terribly important work, and I have always felt a bit of guilt about pursuing something that is so selfish. I love doing it, but it is never something that feels like it's going to change or save the world.

I envy people with dreams and passions, but I don't think that way. I still don't have a 'bliss' to follow. For people like me - I suspect that's most people - holding out for a 'dream' or a 'passion' is paralyzing. I just like having work I enjoy that feels meaningful. That's hard enough... but it's enough.

I want to continue to remain present and grateful each day that I get to be doing what I love. Making and performing music I believe in.

I like what I'm doing. Today at 88, I wouldn't think of quitting because I can't think of anything else I would rather do. And now with my lectures on all the charitable things that I do, just as you do, I think that what I'm doing matters.

I don't want to make money; I want to make a difference.

Anytime you can be a part of something that hopefully tries to make a cultural contribution, I love the idea of that.

Theater has an incredible capacity to move people to social change, to address issues, to inspire social revolution.

It's kind of not about the quality of the art, as much as this is what I love doing and I'd have a worse time doing anything else. That's kind of as far as I think in terms of philosophy.

What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.

I go where the good work is being done.

I know, ultimately, I want to help effect change; otherwise, I would look at myself in the mirror every day and think, 'What in the world am I doing with my life?'

If you have the opportunity for your art to meet activism, you shouldn't pass that up when it comes your way.

I just want to work on things that move me.

What matters is how well we do in trying to make people's lives better. That's why I'm doing this. That's why I work the way that I work. And that's why I love what I'm doing so much.

I have a very clear picture of what I want to do and what I feel is important as far as my contribution or my appreciation and respect for this life that we're living, and to try to make it better. I can't feel that I'm making it better playing commercial music, and I never could, and I never will.

I've really tried to use the power of film to effect change.

I never really thought about what kind of career I wanted to map out for myself. I just wanted to do work that spoke to my heart. 'Atlanta' definitely did that.