My husband was very special and very funny and outspoken, and he would have a black and blue every so often because under the table, I'd say, 'Don't say that!'

I think one of my very favorite films of all time was with Peter Sellers when he played Chauncey, the gardener. Being There.

You learn more discipline in the theatre than you do in movies or TV. You're on stage every night and you have to sustain your energy level tor several hours.

I don't read critics, and I don't care what they say. You can't let them steal your soul. You do what the director and production is committed to doing. I just think it's terrible that critics have the power to keep people away from a good production.

My family was very musical. My brother is an opera singer; my parents both sang.

Maybe subconsciously I've kept activism separate from acting because it's important to me in a more profound way.