Being away from home was tough, but the challenge and the thrill of being on Broadway was so fulfilling, and I'm thankful to my husband for making it possible and holding it down at home.

I breastfed Sophie for 14 months and Nicolas for 11 months.

I believe that we have to be so race-conscious in this day and age.

Being away from home was tough, but the challenge and the thrill of being on Broadway was so fulfilling, and I'm thankful to my husband for making it possible and holding it down at home.

A guy once told me that I sound like I’m a little ahead of myself. I can’t wait to thank him at the Oscars.

Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.

It's not how pretty you are or how talented you are. It's that if these five people on this day in this room like you, then you get a job.