I can't be an ingenue forever, and I wouldn't want to be.

Don't expect a pat on the back for merely doing your job, but know that you'll get one for doing it exceptionally well.

Love your enemies... it's not always an easy tenet to live by... and I have more often than not been inclined to wish my enemies ill than well.

I believe that everyone has the fundamental right to head to city hall with the person they love and get married. Period.

It's in your DNA to be a Filipino; how can you just turn your back on it?

There are a lot of actors who wish there was a next play, a next musical. As an actor, I guess that's all I can wish for - the next role, the next opportunity.

My singing technique is really strong and I have to thank my teachers for really instilling a sense of discipline about how to sing properly and how to maintain your voice in a run.

I pride myself in the fact that in the six months tour of Cinderella, I didn't take one show off.

I like vodka tonics and gin & tonics. I also like gimlets. I like things that have sweetness with a bit of a kick.

In the modern operas that 'Miss Saigon' and 'Les Miz' are, nobody breaks out into song from conventional book dialogue. Everything is sung from beginning to end, including the recitative.

The thing about Sondheim is that it does get very cerebral. You do need a faculty with words and a love for the lyrics to not just pull it off, but to have an appreciation for it.

We juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity. I am afraid. I will taste fear until I die.

Peace is an innocent child hated by some deviant and those who hate him will find no peace ever in their lives!

Pet me, touch me, love me, that's what I get when I perform. That's when I'm really getting what I want.

Strong leaders don't plead with individuals to perform.

Privacy is rarely lost in one fell swoop. It is usually eroded over time, little bits dissolving almost imperceptibly until we finally begin to notice how much is gone.

No band is special, no player royalty.

Dialect tempered with slang is an admirable medium of communication between persons who have nothing to say and persons who would not care for anything properly said.

Festination may prove Precipitation; Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.

Sometimes, people aren't as consciously aware of their decisions as they should be.

You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down.