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" I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot. "

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" I'm always happy and most at home on the stage. I love film and television, but I love live performance... your immediacy with the audience, it makes all the difference in the world. "

" I'm all about the drugstore beauty products. They're affordable and get the job done. "

" When I first got to New York, all I did was musicals. After a few years I had to make a conscious choice to close the door on musicals, because I was getting pigeon-holed as a musical theater performer. "

" I've lived in New York for thirty years now, but I'm a proud Pittsburgher, and home is home. My family's still in Pittsburgh. "

" Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground. "

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" I took the whole college prep trajectory, and then in my senior year of high school, I decided that performing was something that I had always done as a kid, and I loved it... I said, 'This makes people happy when I do this, I feel good, I get to pretend and explore other areas and learn so much'. "

" Chuck Cooper is a friend, and I adore him. He can do so many things. "

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" I grew up in a funeral home. Both my parents were morticians. "

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" I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt. "

" You have to continue to grow and evolve as individuals in order for your marriage to evolve. It takes two pillars to support a structure. If those two pillars become one, you have a structure that teeters. "

" When I first moved to New York, all I did was musical theater. That's what I studied at Carnegie Mellon University. "

" The stage and working in front of a camera are two completely different mediums. Each requires different techniques. "

" My Native American heritage was not embraced by our family, and we grew up African-American, so I didn't have a lot of access or history to that line of my family. "

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" There was a time, actually, when I hadn't been singing, and I'd lost a lot of my ability. My range had shrunk. "

" I always watch the work I do. "

" I missed singing. I missed performing in a nightclub. "

" We sit and read the paper in conjunction with having a little breakfast. Usually fruit salad, or I make myself a smoothie with rice milk, coconut water and yogurt. "

" I was very good in all the maths and sciences. "

" I grew up in Pittsburgh, and regularly, my parents would take us to the Holiday House Supper Club to see acts like Nancy Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, Ben Vereen, Freda Payne, Stephanie Mills, and The Temptations, to name a few. "

" The key is allowing your partner to be who they are and not having expectations that really have nothing to do with the person you married. "

" I've always come into a show when the show was already up and running. "

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" I'm Irish on St. Patrick's Day. I'm Italian on Columbus Day. I'm a New Yorker every day. "

" I believe that you can always learn from observation. "

" The first thing I do is brush my teeth - we like to start the morning with fresh breath - and put on my pajamas and meander down to the kitchen for a glass of orange juice. No coffee. No caffeine. "

" I've been in this business a long time, and I'm very clear on what is real and what is fleeting. "

" Understand that the time in the audition is your time. Really own it and take control of it. And do what you prepared. Focus on really executing what it is that you intended to do. "

" I grew up in a funeral home, born and raised, and everyone was always like, 'Well, what was that like?' and I was like, 'It was normal', because it's all I knew. "

" Here's how I look at it: Life is full of challenges. Everybody has them. For some, it's health or family crises. I had a financial challenge. "

" I am always happy to use my song and dance training. "