I loved Belle in 'Beauty and the Beast.' I just wanted to be her. I'm a brunette, so I think I kind of cling to all those princesses that have brown hair. I just wanted to be them.

I loved Judy Garland. I thought she was such a classic beauty. I thought she was so endearing and charming, and I loved her voice. She was such a dreamer, and I think I was, too - and I am.

I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.

I don't know how to speak to celebrities. Every time I talk to Alan Menken, I say something stupid and I have to apologize.

Newsies' is definitely aerobic! The boys have to do a lot more than I do in the show, but for 'King of New York,' the big Act Two tap number, I have to be warmed up or I will hurt myself.

I started off dancing and playing sports, and I joined the drama stuff, the theatre stuff in middle school because my friends were involved, and it was kind of the cool thing to do.

Seeing family is what brings me peace. If I'm not traveling home on my day off, I love going to Central Park to be around trees and throw a Frisbee with my boyfriend.

Just because an idea is true doesn't mean it can be proved. And just because an idea can be proved doesn't mean it's true.

Fear is very powerful, almost as powerful as love.

–We are all dying– she told me. –Even something of the immortal will die–“What?”–Meaning–

The wisdom of the East is immortalized in its vocabularies and must be liberated from European language imperialism once and for all.

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young.

Kids these days don't know as much about music as they think they do

I have just had eighteen whiskeys in a row. I do believe that is a record.

Well, Mom and Dad are both actors, and Ive spent a lot of time watching my mom on stage and a lot of time on set with my dad, so it was very much a part of my growing up.

The big journals and Nobel laureates are the equivalent of Congressional leaders in science journalism.