I'm totally Italian, but I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a diva. Appearances are so not important to me.

I don't listen to the contemporary pop artists. They all sound alike, anyway.

A show is exhausting when it stinks. It's exhausting when you have to work overtime to make something work.

Smile at a stranger. See what happens.

The only thing we are as actors are messengers. That's all we are. Correct? We are delivering the playwright's intention through the concept of the director. And I come on stage; if I feel confident in the role, then I give it away.

In America, it stands out, because it's raw, it's big, it's emotional. My face is raw, big and emotional. It didn't work for the longest time.

I am in musical theatre, but it isn't necessarily what I listen to in my leisure time, do you know what I mean?