Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.

Some teachers should be put in prison for the way they either take advantage of women in their classes or destroy fragile egos. Be careful who you ask to help you when you're in the arts.

There's not a lot of money in revenge.

I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood.

I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.

If we can't keep our Palestinian neighbors and Muslim neighbors alive with good water and fresh air, we'll never get them to the peace table.

I moved to New York to go to Julliard Drama School. Didn't sing a single note of music.