"When everything kind of hit the fan, my dad married Jo Anne, and suddenly there were five kids from the Ripleys and five kids from the Doughertys. Then my dad and Joanne had a baby. I usually have to make a diagram."
"I'm kind of a double middle child."
"Now, I come from a long line of narcissists. And I also have no kids - by choice - but I understand not being a mother and the pain that comes from that."
"I'm drawn to raw material and raw emotions."
"Uzo Aduba over at 'Godspell' is doing an even more entertaining Donald Trump than Donald Trump's Donald Trump."
"I have a soft spot for vintage movie houses covered in goo; what can I say?"
"Nothing is hanging on my walls."
"All day I wait for my job, which I do at night, and once I get there, I walk a tightrope, jump through hoops, and take breathtaking dives."
"I was always a big fan of 'Pippin' and 'Godspell,' even before I heard 'Meadowlark.'"
"Oh my God, I love Max von Essen."
"I love D.C. I love working there."
"Writing is the place where I can do it all and get away with it. You can't do that in the theatre."
"The road's a tough life, but I said 'yes,' because as a kid growing up in Ohio, I never had a chance to see a Tony-winning actress in a role she won the Tony for."
"George Hearn taught me that you learn that there are roles that are Tony roles and roles that are not."
"My mother is always the most vulnerable person in any room, and so I definitely have that part of her inside me."
"I'm like a prize fighter. When I'm not on stage, every action that I take has to be focused on my next performance."
"I'm a strong follower of hydrotherapy."
"'Next to Normal' has challenged me as an actor because of how complex Diana is. And that's got me hungry for another character like that in a non-singing role because it would be interesting to express that same intensity in a different way."
"As a teen, 'Thunder Road' was always in my head."
"Teachers want to teach you theory, and that's fine, but when it comes to rock and roll, you only need three chords. There's something comforting about that."
"It's heartbreaking to see theater people be forced to accept the business side of show business."
"When I did 'Rocky Horror,' I didn't want to meet the audience afterward, because they'd been having a good time yelling names at me all night, and I didn't really want to tell them that I didn't have such a good time being yelled at all night."
"You've got to chop back the performance like a rose bush. That's when it's beautiful."
"I don't honestly have the time or energy to support anybody else's cause but my own, which is self-expression. So I guess, if I had a cause, it would be education."
"Leisure time is when I'm not at the Booth Theater."
