"Well, I was such a huge fan of Amy Sherman-Palladino and of 'Gilmore Girls.'"
"I'd had the theater background for so long that I know that world inside out; I just didn't know the pace of how a TV set works, like how a show shoots."
"I was a very outgoing, gregarious, full-of-energy kid."
"I don't think of myself as a dancer. I think of myself as a singer-actress who moves really well."
"And, as an adult, I tried skiing, and I ended up in tears."
"I grew up sort of a geeky, tall kid, and I think I was always the one trying to make my friends laugh."
"I think everybody has something that takes them away or makes them happier. To some people it's baseball or sports or knitting or the movies."
"I only tweet about food and silly things, but it's really fascinating because I get a lot of response on Twitter, and I'm always looking at the type of people who write me on there, and it is such a variety."
"It's weird to have leisure - to have time off. I'm not used to it."
"I've done some TV and I've done a lot of theater, obviously, and the last character I played on Broadway was a very fast-talking broad. I'm used to learning material and words."
"I'm used to working hard. Theater can be very grueling, and that's all I've ever known. It's what I've done for 20 years, which is crazy."
"I'm single. I just moved to a new city. I'm sort of starting over. I'm in Los Angeles. I don't really know what my life is right now. It's not what I thought it'd be at 37, and I think a lot of people can relate to that."
"I loved New York, but I never quite felt like New York was my home either."
"I started dancing when I was four years old and then was in class until I was about 20 years old or so, and then primarily was dancing just in shows that I was doing, but not really studying and training."
"So I'm studying ballet every day and really training so people will see me as a ballet dancer, which no one's seen before."
"Ballet is an incredibly difficult, beautiful art form that takes a lot of training, a lot of time, and a lot of hard work."
"I think Amy Sherman-Palladino has a very specific voice; it's unlike anyone else on television."
"I used to cross-stitch because my mom cross-stitched."
"I have my little craft bag that I bring with me to set everywhere I go."
"You can't be afraid. You have to be open. I feel like I've always been a leaper, and I've always leapt into things without thinking."
"My brother is about six years older, and I've always looked up to him."
"There's a reason I'm on a show called 'Younger,' because I still think... in every aspect of my life, I'm five or 10 years behind in my mind."
"Every character I've played is goofy, but it has to have some type of reality."
"My No. 1 piece of advice, especially for someone who's an actor-singer-dancer - a triple threat, they're called! - people say, 'What's the most important?' I always say acting. Without knowing why you're singing or what you're singing about, it's just noise. And without knowing why you're moving your body, it's just flailing of arms."
"I don't deny myself anything - I do whatever I want in the moment - but I feel like moderation is the thing that can really sustain you for the rest of your life."
