Even when I was doing theater it was more comedic. Don't get me wrong, I love doing the dramatic and heavy stuff, but I just want to have fun. I want to make people laugh.

When you go to karaoke with a professional singer and they really start singing, there's no bigger buzzkill than that.

[Composers] Mark [Shaiman] and Scott [Wittman] are unreal.

As an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing.

I've been very lucky to work with a lot of amazingly supportive directors.

I essentially get to represent my community on television.

I wanted to be Whitney Houston at first, and when I started taking voice lessons, my voice teacher kind of geared me more towards opera.

If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are.

The individual is the brain, not the heart.

You either pray or worry. Don't do both.

I don't like movies that are trying to preach and trying to tell you how to feel.

Nurture you mind with great thoughts

Intelligence without power cannibalizes itself.

Ecology, like genetics, is not about equilibrium states. It is about change, change and change. Nothing stays the same forever.

For the majority of Americans, collectivist or nationalized economy is morally wrong and therefore unjust. For them, free enterprise meets their keen sense of justice.

There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because to some degree, I projected upon it.

I've got three kids, and those are mouths to feed.