I got to see Linda's [Hart] live when it first came on Broadway. I just loved her. I've always been a fan of hers.

Making fun of anyone's size, height, scarring, anything like that equals dumb.

I think it's important to remember that Christianity was based in love and tolerance and forgiveness and acceptance.

I would love to make an album full of ballads. For a listener, I want to have variety on there.

I'm an actress and a singer and I'm also a Christian. We're not all crazy right-wingers. I just want to be like Jesus, forgiving and loving and nonjudgmental, accepting of everyone even if they don't agree.

I auditioned for a solo in church and got it. I was about seven and I sang a song called, 'Jesus, I Heard You Had a Big House' and I remember people standing up at the end and me thinking, 'Oh, I think I'm going to like this.' That's how it all began. Sounds funny to say you got your start in church, but I did.

The lasting legacy of the Cooter Smash is that I'm the first to know when it's going to rain. That's right. I both sing and predict the weather with my hoo hoo.