The word diva to me means doing something supernatural with something natural.

I played the tuba in high school. I wanted to be a member of the marching band. I thought, what can I play that has the most effect? What can I play to get people to laugh?

Smile at a stranger. See what happens.

Sometimes love doesn't come to us. We have to go out hunting. It's like pigs looking for truffles. It's called dating.

A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot.

I don't listen to the contemporary pop artists. They all sound alike, anyway.

I'm sure there are actors out there who work with other actors on a consistent basis - I am not one of them.

To transform the world women need to demand their place - which is not equal, but superior.

Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.

I am in musical theatre, but it isn't necessarily what I listen to in my leisure time, do you know what I mean?

I know what it means to have a leading part, and I know what it means to have a featured part.

Being an entrepreneur is like being a pirate. Go for the booty and discover new, uncharted lands

Contempt is the emotion we feel for an opponent whose arguments are too formidable to refute.

The ability to mingle with so many countries and cultures is extremely valuable for men and women.

I don't play basketball as good as I used to and I hate losing, so I'd rather not be seen in public until I make sure my A game is up.

I'm a disciplinarian. I'm the tough love pet owner. I believe in very well-behaved animals.

Acting of some actors seems natural, because they have no talent.

If you're successful in what you do over a period of time, you'll start approaching records, but that's not what you're playing for. You're playing to challenge and be challenged.

I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried.

You've got to be taught to be afraid Of people whose eyes are oddly made, Of people whose skin is a different shade. You've got to be carefully taught.

When the whole and the parts are seen at once, as mutually producing and explaining each other, as unity in multeity, there results shapeliness.