I guess when all is said and done, if there is one last commentary on me, I would want it to be said that I participated in my life. I was a full participant.

I love to cook, and I love to have all my family around the dinner table.

Usually the triumph of my day is, you know, everybody making it to the potty

Going to the theater is such a joyous experience. My dad would take my sister and me to plays when we were very young, like six or seven years old.

You have to be smart enough not to dismiss where you came from. It may not be all we are, but it makes up for a great deal.

Whatever happens is going to happen, whether you're sitting by the phone anxious and worried about it or not.

Seeing Shakespeare in the Park, for me, it's just this side of feeling like you've witnessed some kind of magic. It's this spell that you're under, to be part of that!