Sarah Will

Sarah Will
Sarah Will is a paralympic skier who spent 11 years on the U.S. Disabled Ski Team. During this time, she earned a record 13 medalswhile competing in four Winter Paralympic Games between 1992 and 2002. Will serves as a ski instructor and is otherwise active in the Vail community. She was named to the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in July 2009 and is a nominee for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame...
mother daughter thinking
Sometimes I'm afraid that my daughter might think that I get my hair done for a living.
mother like-you good-things
With being a mother, I feel like you choose how you spend your time so much more carefully - which is a good thing.
powerful thinking ideas
I think that the idea of family is a very powerful and influential and disjointed thing that will always captivate me.
struggle matter facts
In fact, there's an entire universe out there that's pretty much indifferent to struggles that big, no matter how serious they've been in your life.
real laughing important
It's been really important to me to create moments where there's a breath or moments where there's a laugh or moments where there's real life that's allowed to seep in through the cracks of whatever melodrama is happening, because that's what does happen in life.
moments midst tragic
Some of the funniest moments I've ever experienced have been in the midst of tragic situations in my life.
teenager cynical acting
Acting is something that I've done since I was so young. I always felt - certainly as a teenager - really cynical about acting. I definitely didn't feel like it was something I wanted to do, and so I really took it for granted.
thinking often-is cynicism
I think that cynicism can often be mistaken for wisdom.
school years two
I just feel like it's so amazing every few years when I'm not making a film to act and basically go back to film school and just watch other filmmakers work and try to be a part of somebody else's vision. So I feel like you do use two very different parts of your brain, and it's great to be able to jump back and forth.
world want bigger
I want my world to get bigger and not end up in a small corner.
mom cancer thinking
My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but I think that happened despite my best efforts to keep myself separate from it.
strength beautiful strong
The ways in which people are damaged are the ways in which they're strong. It's what makes people interesting - what they've overcome and how, and what they haven't and how that's become a good thing. Almost everyone's life is both a gorgeous story and a tragedy. I think being alive is really, really hard, and I'm constantly stunned and amazed by people who make it interesting and beautiful.
risk roles stuff
Playing roles that are intense and damaged has always come more easily to me than doing comedies or lighter stuff - that would be taking a huge risk for me.
challenges next welcome
I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge.