She's just breathtaking. She's one of the most wonderful child actresses I've ever had in my life. She brings a warmth and a humanity to the part that has been missing for a long time.

'Annie' was a comic strip with an awful lot of information in it. It had more information in the balloons above the characters than practically any other comic strip that was around. The strip told tales instead of jokes.

I was looking for an interesting story and exceptionally exotic characters,

Her spirit and her optimism are organic to the American spirit, and that's what this show is about.

'Annie' is the embodiment of hope,

a whole new crop of kids and adults.