I think I kind of came out of the womb singing. I think I was, like, born at the hospital, and, you know, popped out, and was singing. ... I'm not sure really how it happened. I can't remember a time when I wasn't singing, or banging a beat on the dinner table...

I love the silhouettes of the '50s that were feminine and womanly without being too revealing. I've always gravitated towards that kind of sense of style and fashion.

I like René Descartes' theory about a ball of wax. You can change its form from solid to liquid, but it's still the same ball of wax. With acting, you are the same person in a different form. You can only be what you know, and you only truly know yourself.

It is very grand and sumptuous and awesome to look at but it was really about the characters for me.

I loved getting to investigate the grey areas of morality.

I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me.

Being on Twitter, live tweeting some of the episodes, I get direct feedback from people.