"I'm manipulating the audience. I'm making sure people sympathize."

"We had this scene where I'm supposed to be bending over to get something. I thought it was kind of cute."

"I was more of a light opera singer, not really much of a lounge singer."

"They've turned this character into a human being."

"I'm getting a lot of roles as women who are very powerful. I think that's a reflection of me as a person."