The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.

The one thing I think you must do is, as painful as it is as a parent, is listen.

I'm probably a lot different. It's just the difference between being 16 and being 36. It's huge. One is a teenager and the other is a real adult. Obviously I'm a better dancer, a better artist. I was not one of those child prodigies.

It is one thing to record an album but it's a huge difference when people play it and listen to it and embrace it the way that I do. It has always been my dream to get my music out to the world and have people hear it.

Rehearsals make a huge difference.

If you paid Americans a living wage, they would be able to pay for products made by Americans in America.