The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.

The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.

I knew I wanted to pursue a career in the theater the minute I graduated from college having not pursued it! So I went back to school and got a degree in music and began working in musical theater.

Power is defined as an ability to do qualitative work with a quantitative passion, backed by a compelling conviction, directed by a propelling purpose, fulfilling a divine destiny. That is power!

Aside from the inescapable realities of birth and death, we’re responsible for the paths our lives take. We each make our own choices.

My father chose my name , and my last name was chosen by my ancestors . That’s enough, I myself choose my way

The major cause of problems are solutions

You listen to the intelligence community, they say, listen, maybe it's ISIS today, it's somebody else tomorrow. We'll deal with the caliphate, but it's going to take years to be able to handle this.

The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery...is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.

Today I feel like it's about people just looking fresh and their records aren't fresh.

I'm one of those fellows so frightened of driving that I go 80 miles an hour - and the more frightened I get, the faster I go.

We, Brits, need to be sort of loosened up. And there's some transfer overseas, I think the more American fare that comes to the U.K., the more cross-fertilization there is that's perhaps changing.

So long as some are strong and some are weak, the weak will be driven to the wall.