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" There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person. "

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" I set the bar high because I don't want to do just any other show just to keep working. I want to do something special that means something to people and speaks to them. Those kinds of opportunities don't come along all the time! "

" I've met so many of my idols, but the one person that has eluded me is Bono. But because he's done 'Spider-Man,' I keep thinking maybe, through a Broadway connection, somehow our paths will eventually merge. "

" It's been a dream of mine to run my own summer camp. I went to one as a kid, and I put on productions, and got lots of confidence. "

" That experience with 'Rent' went by so fast. I was younger. I didn't even really know what opening night was. And now I'm thinking back on the times I went to Broadway as a kid and the excitement I felt... And I'm realizing that I'm actually a part of that, so I'm learning to take it in, 'cause so often I shrug it away. "

" I always like to sing barefoot, but when I first started doing these dates with the symphonies, I of course thought I should clean up my act, being a Jewish girl from Long Island with a little bit of a trucker mouth. So I wore a gown and some high heels. "

" I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself. "

" I think as women, the smarter and more powerful we are, the more it can be threatening and alienating to other people, more than with men. That's something we need to support each other with. "

" I would love to work with Matt Damon. "

" With young people, I always say, 'You're not doing anyone any favours by withholding your power.' As women, we do that a lot because we are afraid of being misunderstood or perceived as too strong. But the older I'm getting, the more I realise you have to let that go. "

" We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you. "

" I know I'm known for singing some of those high notes, but that's really not what giving someone goosebumps is all about. It's about really trying to find what makes you unique. "

" I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand. "

" Everything's always about being homogenized and following in a group. The people who stand out always have the most problems. "

" I pretty much have no life outside of the theatre. I go home every night, and I put the TV on, and I veg out and order food. "

" I'm smart enough to know to work with smart people. "

" My story is so boring: Long Island Jewish parents take their daughters to Broadway. "

" The sky in Texas is the most amazing sky in the whole country, I think, like you can see more sky in Texas than you can see anywhere else in the world. "

" There has to be a balance between power and vulnerability. That's something I feel I have in my own life, something I struggle with and - on a good day - like about myself. "

" As an artist, you have to express yourself. I make no excuses for my versatility. I grew up singing classical arias, but I love rock n' roll and jazz standards. "

" I tend to have a pattern of playing misunderstood characters. "

" The more success you get, you start to be harder on yourself or more afraid of the looking glass. You have to learn to build a thicker skin because people are paying more attention. "

" My husband and I grew up with parents who supported our passion, and we're grateful to them for that. It really helps you find your identity when you're younger. It helps you become a really well-rounded person, the more you can show from different perspectives. The arts show us empathy, which is so important. "

" For me, 'Rent' was all about coming out of myself, finding out who I was, learning the power I could have as a performer. "

" I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the name of the song. "

" 'Rent,' for me, was a significant time in my life because it was my first break. It was my first professional job. I also met my husband in that cast, Taye Diggs. "

" Everybody thinks it's going to be so glamorous, so cool, you're on 'Glee,' you know, a hit show or whatever. "

" I don't quite know how to put it into words, but I feel for the audience that I have; I know them. "

" I have a wide spectrum, a wide demographic. I have the young girls, I have the gay community, I have many regular theatergoers. I do feel a tremendous responsibility and pride to be a role model for some of these young people. "

" As a mom, I don't have much time for beauty. "