It bums me out tremendously what the church has become, and if it's got me bummed, imagine what Jesus Christ must be feeling.

When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.

Her least favorite thing: VOLUNTARY IGNORANCE

I'm a big old egotistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it.

If you're not sure how you feel about same-sex marriage, go and meet some of the families and see what they're looking for. Once you take it out of the caricature of what gay people are and what gay marriage is, and put it in the reality of family and what these folks are fighting for, it's really amazing.

I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to tell me there was anything I couldn't do.

In the dark times, if you have something to hold on to, which is yourself, you'll survive.