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" As an actor, you go in your own personal life and pull from your personal life, so that's what I do. "

" As an actress who has performed in theater for over 17 years, my experience performing in 'The Color Purple' has been a truly life-changing journey. "

" As singers, we're always taught to sing forward and place everything in the front of our resonating chambers. Donna Summer always sang in that space and had it naturally. Her muscle memory, the way she was built - she was a natural singer. "

" Coming up through the theater in America, while I have had success, I have had success in certain types of roles. "

" Dianne Reeves, a famous jazz singer, would be my biggest influence. "

" I always had a strong faith, and I always relied on God for a lot. "

" I am an African-American woman of dark skin tone, and there are very specific roles that are usually given to African-American women of a darker hue. Let's start with 'Once on This Island': peasant girl. Let's go to 'The Color Purple': young girl, beaten. Let's go to 'Ragtime': Her baby's taken. "

" I am working on music and telling my personal story and sharing my talent on stage. "

" I basically came from nothing and turned my life into something. "

" I believe in divine intervention. "

" I believe that everything is divinely inspired. Bad things happen - they do - but I also think that when these bad things happen, there's an equal and opposite force that is happening, and there is good. "

" I can't stand adversity and stress and drama and tension. I can't function in that environment. If I have anything to say about it, we're going to get rid of it so that everyone can just relax and have a good time. "

" I have a very interesting story to tell, and people always want to hear about it. They know I'm a 9/11 widow, and I always get comments on that and being an actor and raising my daughters by myself. "

" I have a very strong connection with God, very strong sense of my faith. "

" I have loved fiercely in my life - a few times. "

" I'm an actress: I'm used to being independent, doing for myself. "

" I'm a Patti LuPone fan. She's incredible! I love Patti LuPone. I know people talk about her being difficult to work with sometimes. Whatever. "

" I'm a theatre doll, and I've always - since I'm out of school - have always been on stage. "

" I'm from a part of Florida that is very close to Georgia in the panhandle area. I have a very colorful Southern family. "

" I'm not a Method actress. I work in the present, the day-to-day. "

" I'm not religious, but I'm spiritual. "

" In my house, we couldn't listen to 'Love to Love You Baby.' It was way too salacious back in the day. I remember my mom would turn the station off when that song came on the radio. But, of course, I played my album to death in my bedroom, with the door closed. "

" In my own one-woman show, 'Feeling Good,' I talk about my childhood and write a letter to my younger self in the show. The most important thing I would tell her is to trust my instincts. Just trust them. They're little whispers from God, I think. You've heard it a million times, but it's true: Listen to that inner voice. "

" I really studied her singing, trying to see what it was about her that made her such a natural, incredible singer. Because sometimes as a singer, you really have to work to reach a certain note. And for Donna Summer, it seemed effortless. "

" I think a lot of audience members don't realize the part that they play in live theatre. The audience actually has a mood. Sometimes they're tired and bored, and we have to wake them up and engage them. "

" I totally believe in opportunities. I don't believe in accidents. I just don't. "

" I try to take time to find joy out of life, and I don't take a day for granted like I used to. "

" It's still hard for me to think about Sept. 11 sometimes. I'm still angry. It's hard to watch my daughters, Celia and Zaya, grow up and know they'll never see their father. They'll always be 9/11 girls, and I wish I could shield them from that. Everyone has an immediate pity for them. It is a sad thing, but the girls are also so happy. "

" I want to share the things I've done, the things I've survived, the things I've struggled through. "

" I was a very ambitious, young actor, grateful and getting out there, working hard. I was single-minded in pursuit of my career. I am also the oldest of seven and had this extreme responsibility for everyone around me. I was a caregiver and not taking care of myself as much as I should have. "

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