A show is exhausting when it stinks. It's exhausting when you have to work overtime to make something work..

My favorite band was The Band, and nobody compares in my mind with The Band..

I learned a long time ago from David Mamet to wipe your feet at the door, get it out on stage and then go about your life..

A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot..

The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television..

What's the difference in opening from scratch in Philly or opening from scratch in New York? The old out-of-town tryout circuit - taking the show pre….

I am in musical theatre, but it isn't necessarily what I listen to in my leisure time, do you know what I mean?.

Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience..

I wish I could have a recurring role on 'Modern Family'. I think 'Modern Family' is the best comedy on television. It's extremely well written, extre….

I think that Stevie Nicks is one of the greats. Steve Nicks and Grace Slick and Janis Joplin have the real rock voices, to me..

John Doyle just knows how to feed actors, and what comes out of us, good, bad, right, wrong, doesn't matter. There's no fear or censure. He opens up ….

To transform the world women need to demand their place - which is not equal, but superior..

All my career, I've said this: Critics and producers think audiences want actors that only present the silhouette and hit the points in the silhouett….

I'm totally Italian, but I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a diva. Appearances are so not important to m….

I just create, that's what I do..

I'm sure there are actors out there who work with other actors on a consistent basis - I am not one of them..

I knew when I was a kid that I had a Broadway voice. I wanted to be a rocker, because I grew up in that era of transistor radios at the beach..

The book 'A Reliable Wife' is a slice of American history. It takes a part of American history and tells a story about the purchase of a wife by a Wi….

My favorite composers are the ones that tell the story. I love Wagner. I love Mahler. Prokofiev. The programmatic music. I listen more to classic roc….

I think the way I can sing the way I sing is because of the way I talk to my animals. I hit some really high notes..

I don't listen to the contemporary pop artists. They all sound alike, anyway..