Don't settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that's in us.

As an actor, you're used to putting on characters, taking them off, becoming someone else, doing your research, and working on that.

My mom was always pretty supportive. She saw me do plays and she'd always act out the parts I did.

Theater's my first love. I love it. It excites me. It feeds me.

Maybe if you're younger you have more energy - but that's a big maybe. Because at this stage of life, I have more patience, understanding, wisdom, resources - and a husband. I didn't get him until I was 39. But I got a good one.

Acting is my calling, not my career.

The first time I acted was in high school in Florida, and when I heard that applause I felt so alive and felt that electricity go up my spine.