I was on 'Murder She Wrote' with Angela Lansbury. She was fantastic... she was lovely to everyone, she was always on time, prepared. Whereas when I worked with Bob Hope, he didn't know his lines. He had to have these huge big cards... he hardly said two words to me all day.
Like at Halloween: I knew I'd arrived when I saw people dressing up on Halloween as my character.
I love Soul, R+B, Electronic, and good pop. Really, the only thing I don't listen to is country and heavy metal. I love Marvin Gaye, John Legend, Al Green, Fat Freddys Drop, Sade, Grace Jones, Bazoo Bijou, Prince, John Lennon, London Grammar, Daft Punk, Dr John, Dusty Springfield, Peggy Lee, Gotye, and on it goes.
I went to some sports camps when I was really young and hated it. So I changed and went to camps where I could dance all morning and act all afternoon.
I'm a chanteuse and a diva, and I'm an actress who likes a script.
He wasn't really Method but he believed that when you did a role there were lots of things you could do with your co-star in order to create the right environment. You known, if you were supposed to be in love, to create that feeling between the two of you.
I think it really holds you back having to think about your image.
And that might have led to other shows but you know what LA is like. I was in my early 30s and it wasn't going to get easier. You know, that's when you start to wonder if you might have to get lots of plastic surgery.
Most of my avant garde fashion is saved for my videos and for the stage. In real life, I tend towards a classy, black Goth look. I love black, a few sparkles, false eyelashes and boots. But when I perform, I love fantasy and props.
Then Mission Impossible brought me to Australia and that was great because I fell in love.
It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.
I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work.
I think if you're half-hearted you shouldn't go into acting.
I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground.
I have no regrets about my life.
I feel lucky. I think acting can help to keep you young. It does make you feel there's meaning in your life.
I did the figure of Diana in V, a cult TV show seen all over the world.
As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.
For the pageants, it was my mother who got me involved in Miss America. It really gave me the opportunity to sing all around New Hampshire. And it was great when I was young, but looking back, it was also unbelievably stressful.
Acting was truly all that I ever wanted to do. I've always acted in plays and sang and played music, and you get to a certain age and think there's nothing else that you'd rather do.
