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" I'm a mother, and when you have children, there's a protection. You'll do a lot to protect them, to do what's best for them. "

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" Everyone has these ideas, especially about the middle of the country, about people being backwards and three-toothed. "

" Playing characters allows me to do things I may not always do, while singing in concerts allows me to really find my own voice and grow. "

" I'm proud to be Irish. "

" Some songs depend heavily on the character, but, for the most part, a great song begs for reinterpretation every time it is sung, even when in character. "

" My degree was in opera. "

" When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions become necessary, when they aren't camp, that, to me, is magic. I've done musical comedies and enjoyed them, but subject matter that's deeper and more realistic is always what's appealed to me most. "

" I don't read reviews, because if you believe the good ones, you have to believe the bad. "

" Corned beef and cabbage - that's our favorite holiday meal when all the O' Haras gather around the table. "

" I feel so rich in my emotions and in my life and so grateful when I'm home and so grateful when I'm at work. "

" With a revival, you're compared to somebody else. "

" The 'Carousel' overture has always been one of my all-time favorite pieces of music. "

" The hardest role that I've ever tried to play was Clara Johnson in 'Light in the Piazza' at Lincoln Center. It was the least fun I've ever had, but the most beautiful experience I've ever had. I could not understand her. I could not put my feet in her shoes. I came home every night, and I was depressed. "

" I suppose there are a lot of reasons to be jaded or sarcastic or bitter in life, but I hang on to the reasons why life is beautiful. "

Life Is Beautiful

" I loved to sing and I loved to act, and I didn't want to continue opera because I wanted to act. "

" By no means, I can't sing any rock and roll. "

" When I've done TV and film, when it's offered to me, I loved doing it, and I would do it again, but the ins and outs of auditioning is - that's time away from my kids. "

" It is such a luxury to open a new book that's highly recommended by friends - either an inspirational yet humorously self-deprecating memoir, or a page-turning piece of fiction. "

" I don't mind talking about my family and how to balance it all. But, in today's world, we should probably be asking both women and men about work and family and how to balance the two. "

" I love playing an ingenue, and I love doing revivals, and I will continue to do that. "

" I've had great opportunities to show different sides of myself, but the challenge will always be getting either people to let you do it or finding the right things to do in order to do it. "

" I was able to do concerts all the way up until two weeks before I had the baby; I thought I was stopping a month ahead, but he was three weeks early. "

" When you're pregnant, things - at least for me - get very sincere and very wholesome, and it's about family, and singing becomes about warmth. "

" Every part has its relief when I'm done with it. "

" I grew up on a farm. "

" I was raised in Oklahoma. I was actually born in Tulsa, but I grew up in a small town on the west side of Oklahoma called Elk City on a farm, where my dad grew up, actually. "

" I've always wanted to do a Shakespeare play. "

" I've always wanted my characters to have more dimension and realistic cores than the ingenue material often provides. It's been a challenge. "

" I don't ever think about the roads I didn't take because I spend too much time thinking what's ahead. I don't go backwards. "

" I love to play things that are out-of-the-box. It's just that I don't always get the chance to do it! "

" Shakespeare has great ability to skirt around a subject and portray human nature. "