I think one of my favorite productions ever was Sondheims Assassins at the Roundabout in 2004. Beyond brilliant.

I like to think my sense of humor is sort of smart and dumb at the same time. I like to work on multiple levels - smart and dumb, funny and sad, profound and mundane, cynical and hopeful.

Filipino pride. I'm so excited, I'm just sending love to the Philippines. I know they've had a tough year and I just send out my feelings to them.

I only like to write shows that I feel like no one has seen before.

I basically never feel like writing. I am a happy-go-lucky, relaxed, fun-seeking kind of person. And working disturbs that, because it puts me in a state of anxiety.

If you're doing a musical, you should be out to give the audience something special, emotional, an uplifting feeling, something that stays with them.

Whenever Disney asks if you want to do a fairy tale musical, you say yes.

Things seen are mightier than things heard.

I categorize nerds as creative-obsessive. A lot of nerds are creative people who obsess almost unnaturally over the minutiae of things.

To become more conscious is the greatest gift anyone can give to the world; moreover, in a ripple effect, the gift comes back to its source.

Keep up your enthusiasm! There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm.

The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think and what you do is who you become.

The most startling aspect of the nutrition situation in India is that it is not much of an issue in public debates and electoral politics.

I had always been heavily influenced by stand-up.

Waiting on God means increasing purity.

If I weren't acting I'd be a very unhappy, unfulfilled woman.

Exit, pursued by a bear.