I went to college at North Carolina School of the Arts and took a lot of singing classes, and it really is so connected to emotions.

I've been acting since second grade, telling stories, making my parents laugh here and there, so I'm hoping my "thing" is acting. But I also make a really good bread pudding.

I always like to be a step ahead of the audience by surprising them and the best way to do that is to not hold back.

Well, I'm from the South originally. I grew up in South Carolina definitely learning about manners and being proper and having to go to cotillions.

I think everybody wants to be a rock star.

I went to School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, and we had a bunch of singing classes. My first job in New York was an Off-Broadway musical.

Ultimately, I don't think you can teach a tone-deaf person how to sing. Some talents you're just born with, unfortunately.

Sometimes you just can't hear yourself. Maybe ears are too close to the mouth.

It's shocking when someone who is really bad thinks they're really good. It's heartbreaking, because singing is such a vulnerable thing to do.

You always envy someone else's life and, as a woman, you're always comparing your life to someone else's life.

I think that the audience wants to see women being put into real situations where they can relate to them, rather than seeing some glamorous woman in a 'Bond' film.

Leaving your religion and having to invent your own system of values is a big deal, after all.

Dream, Dream.

There are laws. There are rules. And when you break them, there are consequences. Laws of nature and laws of life. Laws of love and laws of death.

Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses.

Our agenda, by necessity, is as complex and encompassing as the problems we face: beware of politicians promising simple solutions.

I read a book not to find its meaning, but to find my happiness.

it was easier to believe in the Dragon and less easy to believe in Thorin in these wild parts

I act here and there but you have to commit so far out in advance when you're directing that you - I'm kind of booked six months out, so it's hard.

They [The Beatles] were the first band to not have a lead singer in the band.

A falling drop at last will carve a stone.