The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.

I feel strongly for gay marriage to be accepted.

The challenge of film is making it right there at that moment, and then you get to move on.

Animals speak with pure affection. It's important to me to get something going in NY so we can get to be a no-kill city, and give the animals homes and more attention and love.

George M. is where I met my dear friend Joel Grey. We connected at rehearsal one day during a five-minute break. We were both looking out the same window and we knew in five minutes that we'd made a connection.

I don't smoke, I don't drink much, I don't eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.

I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.

I lost a very dear friend who lived with AIDS for about 17 years. Rejecting early treatments that were iffy, he thought he saved himself. I really miss him a lot.

I love 'Some Enchanted Evening', and 'If I Loved You'. And as I sing them more and more, I find new favorites.

I love pasta with the homemade marinara sauce I had as a kid.

I'd like to one day play Amanda, the mother, in The Glass Menagerie.

In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!

Into The Woods was... a lot of running around in the woods! I can't wait to see the show again. People didn't realize it back then, but kids still come up to me-young people-and they talk about it. It really made its mark.

It Might As Well Be Spring... I used to sing that as a young girl in my voice lessons. Then I picked it up again and it spoke to me in a whole new way.

Working on behalf of companion animals is so important. We start to realize how healing they are.