I had a very marginal understanding of what faith in God was growing up because, although I went … - Patricia Mauceri

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When you're out there in America, meeting with regular people, it's a pretty mellow, relaxed, kind-hearted country. The direction from the top, from the President, is following mean-spirited tendencies: fear and undue caution and distrust of the other, so it's very depressing.

Patricia Mauceri

I had a very marginal understanding of what faith in God was growing up because, although I went to a Catholic school, without having parents who really were actively involved in faith there was no reinforcement of it. So, as a result of that I guess I just kind of thought that God was somebody that you put in a box and you put Him on a shelf and you called on him when you had crises.

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God sent me a woman who was an older woman - who wasn't much older than me but she was older in the sense (of her relationship with) the Lord. . . She started guiding me. She was very much a model for my life.

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I got the bad press and the blogging and the email threats because people really didn't understand. They thought I was anti-gay. That's not true at all. My spiritual mom has a gay son. Even he was telling his friends "No, that's not true. She's so accepting of me. " That doesn't mean I accept his lifestyle. It means I accept him as a human person and as a creation of God and a person of value.

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Actors are always the pawns. They're the last ones in the food chain.

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I feel like God has moved me into a different way of doing things. I teach basic on-camera acting class called Acting 101. . . In my classroom, the students get every ounce of encouragement and craft and anything I'm able to give them. We have some rules. We don't take the name of The Lord in vain. We don't use foul language when we mess up on camera. . . There's a climate of safety. . . They feel very protected.

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It's very hard to find good and wholesome, edifying and challenging writing for the students to perform. In my classroom I strive to do that as best as I can.

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