A musical takes two to five years. You have to love it to put in the years.

Movies are all about plot. Theater, even if it's story heavy, it's about ideas.

As soon as I started writing, other writers stopped wanting me acting in their shows - maybe they thought I was going to rewrite them.

Always admit when you're wrong. You'll save thousands in therapy... and a few friendships too.

Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise.

I got the regular call, that they were doing a Broadway musical of Hairspray, and would I come and audition. I was familiar with the movie, because at the time it came out my lover wrote for Premiere magazine, and we had to see everything.

Change your mind as often as possible. Just because you thought something yesterday doesn't mean you have to think it today. Don't ever become a prisoner of your own opinion