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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

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

" 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'. "

" 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. "

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

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

" I always watch the work I do. "

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

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