Cancer is so much bigger than a TV show.

I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.

I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.

I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.

I know that actors and actresses have a great reputation for being very, very selfish, and in some cases, that's very true. But in the theater I find it doesn't help you to be selfish. You sort of have to be selfless in the theater, and the more selfless you are - that doesn't mean don't take care of yourself - but the more you sort of surrender to the work, I find, the better the work is. That's just my experience.

The entertainment industry is terrified of silence.

What I love about a play is that it's such an investment because only time can create a lot of what happens onstage.