I'm not a big weird eater-of-things. I mean honestly I would say like for me, like escargot or sweetbreads is the weirdest thing I've eaten. But I haven't eaten like bugs or... not that I know of.

Don't wait for people to tell you who you are. Show them.

I think it's good to have an old fashioned musical as well as new musicals. There's a lot of room for different shows.

I didn't love stickers and unicorns and stuff, but just if I were to ride on the back of a beast to work, I want it to be a frickin' unicorn.

I learned to stop saying yes because I then have to back out. I've been trying to prioritize my health.

I think there's that weird bastardization where musical theatre actors are treated as almost like vaudevillians or circus performers - that we're somehow not good actors because we sing and dance.

Being in front of a live audience again. I get that in my concerts but there's nothing like being on Broadway.

I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.

My biggest influence is someone I really don't know at all: Tina Fey. Smart, funny, beautiful, self-deprecating, also a mom and a wife.

I haven't been trying to be anything other than myself.

Well, I'm grateful for all the experiences that I've had.

The reality of life is that we are all living someone else's dream. Now that's everyone's fantasy.

When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive-- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love

Working for love is a curse. Working from love is a ministry.

I'm Irish and I was born on St. Patrick's Day. I'm lucky sevens.

Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.

A calm mind is good for our physical health, but it also enables us to see things more realistically.

I don't like having too many projects in the pipeline. I like to focus on what's at hand.

War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.

An innovation need not be especially ingenious, but it must be well worked out.

It's never too late to redefine self-control, to change long-ingrained habits, and to do the work you're capable of.