My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.

I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.

I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.

Stay true to yourself. People respond to authenticity.

There is nothing more important in life than love.

Just like my father, I've always loved education. In school I was a member of the honor society.

I'm a terrible lip-syncer anyway because I have to be in the moment, and I can't lip-sync to something I recorded three months before.