I am in musical theatre, but it isn't necessarily what I listen to in my leisure time, do you know what I mean?

I played the tuba in high school. I wanted to be a member of the marching band. I thought, what can I play that has the most effect? What can I play to get people to laugh?

Smile at a stranger. See what happens.

Sometimes love doesn't come to us. We have to go out hunting. It's like pigs looking for truffles. It's called dating.

A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot.

I don't listen to the contemporary pop artists. They all sound alike, anyway.

I'm sure there are actors out there who work with other actors on a consistent basis - I am not one of them.

To transform the world women need to demand their place - which is not equal, but superior.

Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.

I know what it means to have a leading part, and I know what it means to have a featured part.

I learned a long time ago from David Mamet to wipe your feet at the door, get it out on stage and then go about your life.

In the grace of the Truth, re-examine all that you have been told.

I have a crusade against fondant, also shortening. There's no reason why wedding cakes can't taste good if you know what you're doing.

I am a scholar of life. Every night before I go to sleep, I analyze every detail of what I did that day. I evaluate things and people, which helps me avoid mistakes.

There's something in the German language that makes you feel like you're getting a hug and a backstab at the same time.

They said that President Bush's war in Iraq has cost the former Spanish Prime Minister his job. So President Bush isn't losing American jobs anymore, he's branching out to other countries.

Respectability is joining chastity in the museum of dead issues.

Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.

We cannot interfere in one area of the ecosystem without paying due attention to both the consequences of such interference in other areas and to the well-being of future generations.

I've been drinking. Now I'm going to drink some more.

Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn them to your advantage.