You should be able to tell your child, "This is an actor. And she's older than Mommy!"

I wish that there were more stringent laws to make guns sold anywhere that they're legal harder to get.

I remember thinking, 'I don't know if I can do radio.' I never even listen to it.

The words of musicals were the moral codes that I lived by. I found meaning and messages in musicals that I didn't find in churches or school books and it really made me come alive in a way.

And it never, ever was interpreted that the Second Amendment meant individual's right to bear arms

There's something about being a part of Broadway and going backstage. You know, like when I go to see a show now and going backstage and saying "Hi" to the cast. It's so thrilling. It's so beyond my wildest dreams from when I was a kid.

Without art there is no hope.