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" My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself. "

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" Some of my own books are being developed - one as a Broadway musical. "

" Actually, what I did, because I couldn't make sense of it, and I have to have lyrics that make sense, I decided the best way to sing 'I Have Confidence' was to go completely nuts with panic and fear. "

" Who would have thought that a story about a professor of phonetics would result in it being probably one of the great shows ever for musical theatre? It's a seemingly odd subject. "

" How dare one act like a diva when you have a lot of work to do and you need to find your disciplines and so on? "

" I'd say almost that words come first, melody second. "

" The arts bridge cultures; they're good for the economy, and they're good for fostering empathy and decency. "

" The thrill of being in front of a camera remains exactly the same. "

" I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well. "

" I love my garden. I love my privacy. I'm very fierce about it. I try not to let too many people into my home. That's my private place. "

" Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly. "

" I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like. "

" I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely. "

" And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy. "

" I seem to be very busy, and I seem always to be working. "

" I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it's all about. "

" Singing has never been particularly easy for me. "

" Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves. "

" I'm beginning to think that I like the behind-the-scenes work as much as I do in front of the camera as I get a little bit older. "

" Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands. "

" I would be a fool to deny my own abilities. "

" I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth. "

" 'Simeon's Gift' is really - it's about a musician who - in the Middle Ages, who goes out to find his muse. "

" More than anything, the arts are the best teaching tool. "

" There is one thing I should say, and it's important: Young Broadway singers and anybody who is an orator of any kind - lawyers who have to speak in court or pastors or anyone who has a lot of stress on their vocal cords: You should do the maintenance. You should do whatever it takes to feel fresh and good. "

" If you've been fortunate enough to do a film that appeals to the entire family, that's the audience that's probably going to come back to you in something else. "

" A lot of films seem to go to the lowest common denominator. "

" Singing has been a cherished gift, and my inability to sing has been a devastating blow. "

" Let me put it this way: I can sing a hell of an 'Old Man River,' way down in the bass. "

" I think it's the essence of any film and any stage production - any work where you do work with other people - of course collaboration is hugely important. One does, for awhile, become family. "

" I'm not very good with some of the more modern songs that have an awful lot of 'doo wah wahs,' if you know what I mean, because I can't do anything with them. "