I began with dance, doing ballet at 3, then tap, jazz, modern. Then I sang in church choirs, learned how to play clarinet and drums, sang with rock bands and only then did I get into musical theatre.

I just sing the songs that people don't expect you to sing, because I just love having fun at karaoke and I'm always a bit nervous to sing something serious.

I'd love to be a 'Bond' girl.

I like to scare myself and throw myself off the deep end.

The red carpet is kind of a surreal experience. There's nothing normal about it, so for me the most important thing is to maintain some normality right until the point you get out of the car.

I love all things Christmas.

I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.

The day you stop learning and creating must be the most boring day.

There's nothing like the buzz of live theater. You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding.

It's one of those dreams I thought would be unattainable for someone like me, who came from nowhere.

When I was a 7-year-old girl, in my bedroom, on my karaoke machine, I would sing 'On My Own' or do a one-woman version of 'Les Miserables.'

All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Well, 45-odd years of doing it, so we all pile up the things we like about directors and the things we don't like about directors. And sometimes they're very similar.

An interested person is an interesting person.

It is better to be 'sexy' than 'not sexy'

I'm less interested in skin than in fascia -- connective tissue.

If white privilege is a thing, why are people working so hard to be black? All of the award shows and cultural events favor black culture.

I'm very silly as a person, but quality silliness on-screen has more of an art to it. Harrison Ford, whom I was in Morning Glory with, has mastered that dry funny better than anyone.

You make alterations, affecting your pose, a new house, a new car, a new job, a new nose.

If you take a needle and stick her in the booty and take a needle and stick me in the booty, we're both going to say ouch.

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.