You know, I think I was always intrigued by theater since I was a small child.

Labels don't really impress, it's the uniqueness and risk in decor that inspire.

Until everyone is free, the experiment of America is not succeeding. We all want opportunity.

I did grow up in New Orleans. I grew up right on the lake, right across the levee.

Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people.

In the dining room, next to my collection of colorful papier-mache Mardi Gras float art, hang draperies made of the New Orleans toile fabric that I designed pre-Katrina for Hazelnut.

I am a collector of many things, but I particularly love the sterling silver mint julep cups, each engraved with the titles of the Broadway shows in which I appeared.

Put every light you have on a dimmer. Because after a certain age, we can play with the lighting and set it on how you look best on it. Its cheaper than plastic surgery.

I tend to wake up in the middle of the night with ideas crying to be documented.

It's funny... musical theater is what paid my rent and kept me going for the longest time.

We have a costume closet at home. My family will put on a costume for any excuse.

These stories always take us to some far away places which we can never visit in real life.

I just follow great people. If you want to play like a pro, you learn from the pros.

You can't dwell in your past but move forward, look forward. That's it.

A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, acting - it's the same thing.

Fragrance for me is never after or only, it's everything. I am a fragrance connoisseur.

I'm all for Christianity, but insolence must be put down.

I think it's time to rebuild America.

The reduction of political discourse to sound bites is one of the worst things that's happened in American political life.

Because you know He can, you can pray with holy confidence.

You're right, super-realism is back in style.