The three words every woman really longs to hear: I'll clean up.

I think things get a lot better after high school. I think the ones that struggle during that time tend to have better experiences after.

Nobody knows how long you're going to have life on Earth, so you really have to work at being joyous and happy.

I went to drama school at New York University.

The clothes, the shoes, the gold belts and the necklaces always click me into the character, for sure. You could not feel the character, and then you put on the shoes and get the walk.

In real life, my son had a little injury a couple of years ago where we had moved into a new house and he put his hand through a glass window and it cut him really badly. Thank god he had surgery and repaired everything, but I remember I felt frozen I was so scared, and then I realized I was holding my hand just because his hand was hurt.

I consider my comedy to be dramatic comedy. I always wanted music underscoring the dramatic monologue. It was always drama with comedy, in my head.