I'm always interested in something that Helen Mirren is doing. I thought her series Prime Suspect was unbelievable. I think she might be my favorite actress.

The theater's been very good to me and I became Julie Halston through the theater.

Don't chew gum at an audition and wear really bad clothes. That doesn't work. You need to hear that! You need to hear practical advice.

I think actors really like to know what does a casting agent really think or what does a composer really think.

So often, I have seen really, really talented performers never quite relating to material. I mean, there's a lot of gay actors, for example, that are obviously gay. They're not going to be able to do some of the material. Some of them they can, some of them they can't.

I have great respect for Craig Lucas. I absolutely adore his sensibility.

I love Paris. I've been there a number of times.