I went to a college in New York called New Paltz. I studied theater there for four years. I also studied privately in NYC with a teacher named Robert X. Modica.

I don't look at her like she's a bad girl. She just misunderstood sometime, she's a little troubled, she's a little dysfunctional. She's a survivor.

There are some people who're all doctors. Is it genetic?

It's nice when people approach you to help.

I think people should be proud of the work they do, whatever it is. I have this other arty side that loves creating homes. I can be happy going to the hardware store.

When I made my Broadway debut, I was still cleaning houses, something I'd done since I went out on my own at 15.

I was born and raised in New York, but my family on both sides is of Italian descent.

I'm the worst person about publicizing myself.

I think that training is important. I think you need to learn as much as you can learn. I would say that it's important and probably crucial, but I wouldn't say that everyone has to have it.

We want clean air, clean water, good living conditions, the best health care in the world. Yet we aren't willing to pay for anything manufactured under those restrictions.

Jesus told His disciples that the “world, ” meaning the world system, the political and social order organized apart from God, will despise Christians.

I'd love to be a man for a day, just to see what it's like.

I'm actually quite pro-technology, but I'm a worrier, so I like to envision worst-case scenarios.

I think there are two keys to success. One is to show up. The other one is to keep going. Most people don’t keep going.

God wants us to pray that we might have the courage to live before him in ways that are not natural to us.

Blues had the pulse beat of the people who keep on going.

It's hard when you look a certain way. I look All-American, sweet, girl-next-door, so naturally those are the parts that are going to land on my doorstep.

Many people who say they have no religion are simply saying they have no official religious affiliation. They may actually have strong personal beliefs.

I am very interested in place, and the influences of place on characters.