For the first time in my life, I put my body and reputation on the line to stand up for my beliefs and do the right thing. I hope I've encouraged other people to do the same.

I think the people running climate change denial campaigns are sociopaths.

When you decide to become an opera singer, it's a commitment that allows nothing else to interfere. Even your family - and I have a young daughter - has to take second place.

Happiness is a choice. You grieve, you stomp your feet, you pick yourself up and choose to be happy.

Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot.

I get to do all these really nice, little culty things. It seems to be the world that keeps inviting me back.

I was sitting in the looping studio late one night, and I had this epiphany that they weren't paying me for my acting, for God's sake, but to own me. And from then on, it became clear and an awful lot easier to deal with.