I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.

Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process.

Why don't you have a cup of coffee at least? I, um, I'm a little low in sugar and I don't have any cream, but it's real coffee.

Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don't.

As a young woman, I wanted nothing more than to see my name in lights.

The artist as citizen is here to stay.

You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender was strengthened when I saw a performance of the play The Normal Heart in 1985. After feeling the love those two men had for each other, I dare anybody not to want them to get married by the end.