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" I'm a huge holiday person. I love having parties and giving gifts. "

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" I have two Jack Russell terriers, Harley and Gracie, who I like to go running with in the park. "

" Well, as an actor, at least from my standpoint, I can't not like who I'm playing. "

" I think the only way you can really grow is if you push yourself and put yourself in uncomfortable positions and doing things that you're not used to; it's exciting. "

" I get nervous about everything. I think there's something wrong if you don't get nervous. "

" You always hear about how women working together will catfight. "

" I wanted to be Whitney Houston at first, and when I started taking voice lessons, my voice teacher kind of geared me more towards opera. "

" I have to say, speaking from experience, just because an actor starts out in a role in the workshop, they won't necessarily play it when it goes to Broadway. "

" I want to do everything, and I don't think that's too ambitious. "

" As an actress, I learned a long time ago that there is a lot of this business that is just out of my hands. All I can really focus on is going to work every day and doing my best. "

" I secretly love the song 'No More Tears.' It's my go-to karaoke song that I do with all my friends. "

" I decided I was going to be an opera star. I was about 12. "

" I look at my Twitter feed sometimes, and there's just people tearing apart other performers. "

" I come from the theater. Nothing is as difficult as working eight shows a week. Period. End of story. "

" Every time I see a live performance of something, I'm like, 'I want to be doing that!' "

" It's every singer's dream to get to Carnegie Hall. "

" Don't get me wrong - I like to rest a little bit. But I don't do well with downtime. "

" I've never been so star struck in my life as when I met President Obama and Bill Clinton... and at the same time, no less! I'm not one to be at a loss for words, and that was a moment when I really was speechless. It was a big, big night. "

" Everybody's entitled to their opinions, but I don't understand why we have to saturate social media with all the negative stuff. "

" I always thought Broadway's the goal, and then I moved out to L.A. with 'Wicked' and started doing guest-star spots and little recurring things, and I was like, 'Well, this is pretty great; I'm kind of digging this.' "

" I am constantly on the move, and if I experience foot discomfort, it makes my job really hard to do. "

" I'm a sucker for French fries - I love that they're salty! "

" Yes, yes, theater in general is just going to always be my first love, performing for a live audience. "

" I'd love to do 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes' again - especially on Broadway. "

" People think that theater actors are too big for the camera. It's like, 'No, we're actors and we adjust for our audience.' "

" I totally let myself indulge, but I make little deals with myself. If I have an extra cupcake, I'll run a couple of extra miles. I think it's all about balance and not getting into extremes with dieting and exercising. Having a healthy attitude is important, too! "

" I always wanted to make an album, but I knew that I didn't want it to be a musical theater album. It's not that I don't love them - I own every musical theater album ever made - but it just didn't seem right for me. "

" The show tune I can never get out of my head is 'Oh, What A Beautiful Morning' from 'Oklahoma!' I don't know why. "

" I look at the people's careers who I want to emulate, like Audra McDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Bernadette Peters... They've all found the key to longevity in this business, and that is diversifying, doing as many things as possible to keep yourself relevant, and so hopefully I'm on the same track as all those amazing women. "

" It's so funny because people always think of me as being a little bit country or assume that I am from the South - I don't know why! "

" I always joke that everything else that I do is to support my theater habit. "