The theater's been very good to me and I became Julie Halston through the theater.

You could do all the internships in the world but if you're not very bright, you might not get into the University of Chicago.

I'll see anything that Humphrey Bogart did. Weird, quirky, I know but that's the way it is.

I'm always interested in something that Helen Mirren is doing. I thought her series Prime Suspect was unbelievable. I think she might be my favorite actress.

I have great respect for Craig Lucas. I absolutely adore his sensibility.

I love Paris. I've been there a number of times.

A lot of times if you want to get another agent, agents actually make you do monologues in their offices. They still do that! You've got to come up with something!

Don't chew gum at an audition and wear really bad clothes. That doesn't work. You need to hear that! You need to hear practical advice.

I think actors really like to know what does a casting agent really think or what does a composer really think.

Sugar candy tasted better than bitter truth.

A seed rises from dirt to prove to the world that its greatness lies not on what the world thinks of it, but from within.

I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage.

It's really nice to have someone who's intelligent and articulate to talk to about what you're doing, because it's a big part of who we are.

To be sure you know no actual good of me, but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.

Doing stuff never feels as good as you hope it will feel.

I am very superstitious about toasts. I never toast with water, and I'm very careful to make eye contact with everyone I toast with.

A life alert to simple pleasures, with perception cultivated and attuned to beauty, and a large capacity for friendship can serve us well come what may.

One day I will have to forgive life for ending, I tell myself. I will have to learn how to let life be life with its unbearable finality ... just be what it is.

"Have you heard any Stockhausen?" Beecham was asked. "No, but I believe I have stepped in some."