My dad always told me that perseverance furthers. He was right.

My dad always told me that perseverance furthers. He was right.

Just because you are successful in one area does not necessarily mean you're going to be successful in another.

I've never been very good at manipulating my career, but fortunately I haven't needed to.

I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing ovation, wondering when I was ever going to be able to say my first line!

If you're a serious actor, you wouldn't put yourself up for one of those shows in case you got bumped off the first week and all your colleagues saw it.

I did miss the music a bit - but only in the wings, when I was waiting to go on. It seemed dreadfully quiet, rather unnerving. But the wonderful thing was that one didn't have to be quite so obsessive about one's health, and one's voice.