I don't have this fantasy about marriage anymore. Everyone says it takes hard work. Well, it kind of does - and I'm much more pragmatic about romance than I used to be.

My parents started with very little and were the only ones in their families to graduate from college. As parents, they focused on education, but did not stop at academics - they made sure that we knew music, saw art and theatre and traveled - even though it meant budgeting like crazy.

I know enough to know that when you're in a pickle... call Mom.

It's not a bad thing, is it, to be strong in some ways and fragile and vulnerable in others?

No matter what, it is very tricky and difficult just to be a good parent at all. I have a lot of help. And for that I'm very grateful.

I was a ballet dancer and that kind of bled into musical theater. I was constantly in rehearsal for one thing or another.

The outside world can be very tough.