"A show is exhausting when it stinks. It's exhausting when you have to work overtime to make something work."

"We're not show-business people. We have a life."

"Smile at a stranger. See what happens."

"I just love chickens."

"I'm totally Italian, but I'm not a diva. If you could see the way I'm dressed in daily life, that's not a diva. Appearances are so not important to me."

"I learned a long time ago from David Mamet to wipe your feet at the door, get it out on stage and then go about your life."

"I played the tuba in high school. I wanted to be a member of the marching band. I thought, what can I play that has the most effect? What can I play to get people to laugh?"

"The word diva to me means doing something supernatural with something natural."

"Anybody that goes to the theater, I think we're all misfits, so we ended up on stage or in the audience."

"A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot."

"The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television."