"I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money."

"I try to keep myself as sane and as grounded as possible by surrounding myself with normal people, such as all the friends that I've had from when I was little."

"I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me."

"I've been in the studio experimenting on making a CD of my own. I'm trying out different producers, styles, sounds. With music, as opposed to acting, you are not playing a character. You are showing people who you are. I really want to have my spirit in it."

"I know that I am my worst critic. I know that if I can walk away from the set at the end of the day and feel that I did the best job I could and feel proud, that's what will satisfy me."

"I started working when I was seven and I was working for five dollars a night at the Met."