I'd started going to acting classes at 14, played 'Medea' at 15 and really wanted to be a classical actress.

You know, I can't remember my good reviews. I remember negative ones. They stay in my mind.

I'll see a celadon green room in an 18th century New Hampshire house and just fall in love. Colors stay in my head.

The moral immune system of this country has been weakened and attacked, and the AIDS virus is the perfect metaphor for it. The malignant neglect of the last twelve years has led to breakdown of our country's immune system, environmentally, culturally, politically, spiritually and physically.

I only began to sing because I couldn't get a job as an actress.

There's a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.

The result [Republicans winning the Senate] would be devastating for reproductive choice, the environment, civil liberties, Social Security and health care, as well as corporate accountability.