I love the American musical for the simplicity of emotion that gets expressed.

Jim Henson was the only piece of fan mail I ever wrote when I was a little kid.

The hardest part of playing the villain was the prosthetics, because I couldn't really move my face as much as I wanted to, and yet I had to move my face a lot. If I moved my face in certain ways the prosthetics would come apart, so I could do a lot of eyebrow acting, but I couldn't do a lot of nose lifting, or the corners of the nose would pop out.

I'm not trying to climb a ladder - I'm casting a bit of a net.

I think, in life, being nervous about something that's forthcoming is very helpful, whether it's an awards show or a family gathering or a job interview. If you're too calm and confident, then I think you aren't executing to the best of your ability. So I try not to let nerves get the best of me, but I welcome them because it tends to fuel me to try harder.

I do a lot of books on tape for Beverly Cleary, and another 'Smurfs' shout-out for that demographic.

I need to stop carving out four-hour chunks to do random things and go home and watch my children grow up.