American theatre, to me, represents zeroing down on what the need is to get inside the personal hearts of people. I think it's really beautiful if we….

I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn’t want to continue opera because I wanted to act..

By no means, I can't sing any rock and roll..

I mean, it feels like a homecoming in a really wonderfully comfortable place to be - the same director, the same musical director, my same dressing r….

We can make choices, but we can be vulnerable; we can do the wrong thing, but the wrong thing for all the right reasons. I think it [life] is basical….

When doing a revival, you have a lot of people asking you questions about someone who played it before, and to me that's neither here nor there - it ….

My spiritual life is an interesting thing. It's pretty private. I was raised Catholic in the Baptist Bible belt, so my spirituality was challenged an….

I think a lot of the way I live my life is not just for me, which has sometimes been a burden. A lot of the choices I make are in order to make them ….

I suppose there are a lot of reasons to be jaded or sarcastic or bitter in life, but I hang on to the reasons why life is beautiful..

In this particular business [cinema], you don't choose your own experiences. They start to happen and then they start to peel off and make other ones….

I was raised in Oklahoma. I was actually born in Tulsa, but I grew up in a small town on the west side of Oklahoma called Elk City on a farm, where m….

One thing I really, truly believe in is having something greater than myself to be grateful to..

When you're pregnant, things-at least for me-get very sincere and very wholesome, and it's about family, and singing becomes about warmth..

A lot of what is famous about film making are the movie stars and what is considered a movie star is a lot of great acting, but also a lot of physica….

When I'm given an opportunity with music and goodness, then I want to do that [play that role]. I want to go all the way to the edge of that and make….

You can only ask to be respected if you respect yourself..

I do always try to find the goodness in somebody. I can't possibly believe in somebody if they don't have a core..

If a man thinks you're beautiful or thinks you're strong or thinks you're smart, take the power and use it, but don't need it..

I love feeling like I have purpose and maybe that's the purpose I'm giving myself..

I'm an actress. I'm not putting my life on the line for any great cause. I don't step out too boldly about anything except my children and family..

I think anything emotional adds to your acting and singing, no matter what it is that you go through. It will always add to it, never take away..