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.

All my career, I've said this: Critics and producers think audiences want actors that only present the silhouette and hit the points in the silhouette. What I do is too dangerous.

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

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

New York seems to be thriving, which I'm grateful for. But I would hope that they would figure out how to negotiate the traffic and limit the pedicabs, because it seems to me that it's becoming a more chaotic city.

To transform the world women need to demand their place - which is not equal, but superior.