I still feel like a novice when it comes to classical theater, but I don't ever want to become comfortable with anything. The greatest creativity comes from being nervous and uncomfortable.

Having red hair is never good when you're a kid. I was picked on a lot and didn't have a lot of friends. But I think that gave me a thick skin and helped make me a better person.

Angels, pixies, faerie dust Treading love and living lust.

I could smell myself awake with that coffee.

The definition of marriage cannot be disputed. It's right there in black and white and it's been the same since the start of Wikipedia.

You left , and my heart is a ceaseless sermon of loneliness.

I don't have that kind of voice, the big baritone or rousing tenor sound. My wheelhouse was in the frothier pieces. So my appreciation for those older musicals and revivals grew.

I'm so in love, every time I look at you my soul gets dizzy.

I'm holding a teardrop for a friend Until his heartache and misery end.

I have lots of Scottish blood and know that my family name is Scottish. At my home in the States I have a tartan crest but, unfortunately, I do a terrible Scottish accent.

I did my New York debut at 21. It was “On the Town” at the George Gershwin Theatre. New York is my artistic home.

One of the most effective ways to learn about oneself is by taking seriously the cultures of others. It forces you to pay attention to those details of life which differentiate them from you.

Begging is much more difficult than it looks. Contrary to popular belief, it’s a high art form that takes years of dedicated practice to master.

Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.

Education doesn't make you smarter.

It is all a mistake that we cannot be good and manly without being scrupulously and studiously good. There is too much mechanism about our virtue.

Everyone has a purpose in life... a unique gift or special talent to give to others.

Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.

A woman who doesn't care what men think of her - ah, this is dangerous. This is the worst conceivable insult to the male ego.

Say whatever you want. But the United States has a kickass military and really good bullshit marketing people. If this country was a person it would be a used car salesman with a flamethrower.