I celebrated [my 50th birthday] by throwing a big bowl on the pottery wheel, then going for a water ski at the lake on our property in the Catskills, and that night, skinny-dipping under the stars. Just being free and joyful. And that's how I [felt] about turning 50.

I'm just a pack mule. I've played leads and I've played character roles. Any actress in Hollywood will tell you as your age climbs, the leads thin.

In the theater, it's about taking time in a musical segment, a pause in a musical way and then moving on.

Its important that kids learn, but I really dont like all the testing, testing, testing.

If you are not in the red playroom of pain and pleasure, … shooting the movie is much like doing any other movie.

It's hard to balance work and family.

I was always the child who wore her emotions on her sleeve.