I think people are surprised to learn that I'm pretty goofy and pretty funny.

If you're not getting any bad reviews, you're not taking enough risks

You never know what your opportunities are going to be.

I think people are surprised to learn that Im pretty goofy and pretty funny.

The goal isn't to be successful; it's to be happy. And so it doesn't matter if I'm doing things in New York or teaching high school or I drop it altogether and sell coffee. The goal is to be happy, and people and relationships are what makes you happy.

And I thought, I've just sent 1,200 children into therapy. I left the stage and fell into hysterics in the wings and looked back on stage and saw the Beast holding my hair. I laughed because he then had to sing a ballad holding this pony tail with this big, huge blue bow on it. I thought that was the funniest thing I'd ever seen.

I love to put on a wig, a costume, inhabit a different world and be called something different.

You can admire people for sure, and they're worth admiring, but you need to find that special thing about yourself. It takes working hard, getting the technique, and learning to sing and all that stuff, but the master class is about bringing yourself to the role.

My own cabaret is constantly evolving with what is occurring in my own life, so motherhood is a natural addition to it.

He was big and brown and furry and my hair was brown. He kind of tossed it into the wings so it looked particularly ridiculous. I'm sure afterwards he thought about a million things he could have done, but it's always like that, isn't it?