I'm shocked at how early everything closes here. But people start earlier. I miss the late nightlife in NYC, but then again I sing and burn so much energy in the show that it's probably good - I get to go home and sleep.

I feel like I know where I'm going. And I like where I'm going.

I don't stay up and rent private jets and go on yachts and whoop it up in Miami.

The discipline of live theater - doing the same perfect thing night after night, eight times a week - never ceases to amaze me

[Before introducing the nominees for best animated film] If you're at the awards party with the guys who made the Lego Movie, now would be a good time to distract them.

Before babies, I worked very hard to make sure I understood my surroundings and figured out where I fit in the world, whether it was at work or whether it was in a social situation. And with kids, you just can't. The rule is you can't really do that because they dictate and they change so much so you just have to go with the flow more and be present and not have big expectations and be amused all the time.

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