I pride myself in the fact that in the six months tour of Cinderella, I didn't take one show off.

Don't expect a pat on the back for merely doing your job, but know that you'll get one for doing it exceptionally well.

Love your enemies... it's not always an easy tenet to live by... and I have more often than not been inclined to wish my enemies ill than well.

I can't be an ingenue forever, and I wouldn't want to be.

I believe that everyone has the fundamental right to head to city hall with the person they love and get married. Period.

It's in your DNA to be a Filipino; how can you just turn your back on it?

There are a lot of actors who wish there was a next play, a next musical. As an actor, I guess that's all I can wish for - the next role, the next opportunity.

My singing technique is really strong and I have to thank my teachers for really instilling a sense of discipline about how to sing properly and how to maintain your voice in a run.

I like vodka tonics and gin & tonics. I also like gimlets. I like things that have sweetness with a bit of a kick.

In the modern operas that 'Miss Saigon' and 'Les Miz' are, nobody breaks out into song from conventional book dialogue. Everything is sung from beginning to end, including the recitative.

The thing about Sondheim is that it does get very cerebral. You do need a faculty with words and a love for the lyrics to not just pull it off, but to have an appreciation for it.

For a game, you don’t need a teacher.

But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.

We don't have to make toys that are coated with lead paint in China. We can make good toys in Alabama and North Carolina.

Don't ever call me a bottler on the radio with thousands of people listening

Real men stay faithful. They don't have time to look for other women because they're too busy looking for new ways to love their own.

Women should not allow themselves to be caught up in the hype that says performance, meaning the motions, is what matters.

I hate alarms. If they go off I get really tetchy. I hate them. They just get me going, I'm hyper at the best of times, but they drive me mad.

Whatever you're selling, storage or networking or security, you're going head to head with the incumbent players.

As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.

When I was ten, I wrote an essay on what I would be when I grew up and said I would be a professional soccer player and a comedian in off season.