I try to say something about the human condition whenever I can when I'm lucky.

In my prayers every day, which are a combination of Hebrew prayers and Shakespeare and Sondheim lyrics and things people have said to me that I've written down and shoved in my pocket, I also say the name of every person I've ever known who's passed on.

My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.

Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.

Well, I'm not a critic, I'm just a worker. So, I'm always grateful for anything the critics say - good or bad.

All great men usually are awakened by the great women in their lives. No matter what friction is there, if that relationship was there, that usually is their best friend, at the end of the day.

I can achieve that by personally relating the words that I am saying to something I have known in my life.