I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a song.

I would love to do an all Laura Nyro show.

I wasn't a great student. Just give me a school with no grades, and I'll be happy.

I like playing dress-up, and I love pretty jewels, but for me, being a movie star would be a very dangerous place.

I always wanted to be a character actor. I love watching movies where you dont recognize someone because theyre so lost in the part.

Drawing attention to myself has never been a goal.

I realized that acting was something I wasn't going to be lazy about. You feel good when you do it well. It is something that can grow in you.

It's hard to act in a corset. Your breath gets cut off. You're squashed.

This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work.

I'm eating' it quick... but I'll remember it a long time.

Embrace all you do not just want - but, all you truly deserve.

With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance.

Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk.

Faith that is not evidenced by a life of integrity is not biblical faith at all.

If you train your children to anything, train them, at least, to a habit of prayer.

For me, Twitter is a public persona. I don't interact. It's a lousy form for conversation and opinion, but a wonderful propaganda and sloganeering tool. I use it as a one-way street.

You want to be as smart as you can about being stupid.

Your life is a result of the choices you have made. If you don't like your life, start making better choices.