I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn’t want to continue opera because I wanted to act.

Sunday's my favorite day - that one matinee in the middle of the day!

I've been singing since I was nine or ten.

I'm trying to think of myself at a quiet time. I need to do better with a quiet mind because I'm constantly going and I think that's what feeds me. I've been that way my whole life. But I don't think I picture things so much as I talk them through. Words, words, words. Words and melody.

We can make choices, but we can be vulnerable; we can do the wrong thing, but the wrong thing for all the right reasons. I think it [life] is basically about forgiveness, and not about someone else forgiving you, but you forgiving yourself. I think we all want a lot of that.

I'm an actress. I'm not putting my life on the line for any great cause. I don't step out too boldly about anything except my children and family.

One thing I really, truly believe in is having something greater than myself to be grateful to.