The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television.

My favorite band was The Band, and nobody compares in my mind with The Band.

I learned a long time ago from David Mamet to wipe your feet at the door, get it out on stage and then go about your life.

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.

Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience.

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

My favorite composers are the ones that tell the story. I love Wagner. I love Mahler. Prokofiev. The programmatic music. I listen more to classic rock because I don't like the contemporary music very much.