I have spent much of my adult life flinching with pain as I tried to pull out the threads that bound the shadows of my past to me.

Life will force you to make changes you never wanted to make

A piece of advice I would give to young actors - hang on to your family, and hang on to your reality - and hang on to your "real". Because you're going into the land of make believe.

Maybe people don't know I'm a news junkie? I watch and I tape a breadth of everything that's happening in the world, and that fascinates me.

I'm extraordinarily honored and proud when I am told that I am part of the Broadway community and part of the Broadway family. Because, Broadway is a family. And it doesn't matter if you did one show or if you did fifty shows.

My mother was electric onstage, and I vividly recall the extraordinary power she had over her audiences

When your parent is a public idol, you never really have a chance to lay that parent to rest.