I like playing dress-up, and I love pretty jewels, but for me, being a movie star would be a very dangerous place.

I would love to do an all Laura Nyro show.

I wasn't a great student. Just give me a school with no grades, and I'll be happy.

I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you dont recognize someone because theyre so lost in the part.

I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a song.

Drawing attention to myself has never been a goal.

I realized that acting was something I wasn't going to be lazy about. You feel good when you do it well. It is something that can grow in you.

It's hard to act in a corset. Your breath gets cut off. You're squashed.

If we are to have our prayers answered, we must give God the glory.

We're obliged to acknowledge the limits of reason

I am a little jet lagged from my trip to Malaysia...The lengths we have to go to to get CNN coverage these days.

Each time you fall He'll pick you up. He knows your own efforts are never going to bring you anywhere near perfection

I'm always trying to convince myself there's something important about what I do. But some peoples' lives are really altered by a night at the theater.

You can't get fit in one workout, just as you can't live your life in one day.

I never dream in French, but certain French words seem better or more fun than English words - like 'pois chiches' for chick peas!

The reason we have few friends in adversity, is, because we have no true ones in prosperity.

I don't think there's anything worse than your parents being alive and telling you to go give them some money and just act like they're dead.

Lionel whispered because he was under the impression that it was out of respect for books, not consideration for readers.