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" I want to play Eva Peron. I've already done a lot of Shakespeare, but I'd like to do Lady Macbeth. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 wanted to make a home that was similar to the kind of home that my mother made. To be able to create something like that in my adopted city, New York City, one of the toughest cities on the planet, is really special. "

" I'm a rabid Steelers fan: I'm originally from Pittsburgh. So if the Giants or Pittsburgh are playing, the rest of Sunday is all about food and football. "

" 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 still enjoy doing the things I've always done, like going to a monthly dance party at a club downtown. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I truly believe that when a person makes a concrete decision and takes action towards a goal that they've set, that the universe will step in and provide opportunities. "

" I was the first African-American woman to play Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' It was at the Virginia State Theatre, and we turned Richmond upside down. "

" I wake up late, say 10 or 11, because we've usually been out and about town until 2 or 3 A.M. listening to music at the jazz clubs or hitting the jazz clubs post-theater. "

" I appreciate being able to give back to charities I care about such as the American Diabetes Association - my older sister passed away from diabetes - and Figure Skating in Harlem, which teaches young girls about confidence, focus and goal-setting. "

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

" Show business is fickle, and though I have been blessed with a healthy career, who knows how long that will last? "

" Working on a film is so great because you have the luxury of more time when you're on a movie than when you're on television. "

" I believe in saying 'yes.' I love to work, and I always believe that the schedule can work out if everything is willing to allow it to work out. "

" 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'. "

" I have Native American blood. I have African blood. I have European blood. "

" All you have is yourself and what you have to present, and just focus on that. And if you can walk out of the audition and say to yourself, 'I hit all my beats,' 'I accomplished my emotional honesty,' or 'I remembered my words,' then that's winning. "

" Even though you're married, you're still individuals. You still have to grow and nurture your individuality. "

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

" Fortunately, I'm known as the hardest-working woman in showbiz, not to compete with James Brown. I've always been a multi-tasker. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I always watch the work I do. "