My parents were involved in community theater in New Jersey. Instead of hiring a baby sitter, they would take me with them. So my love of acting seeped in from watching my parents and seeing them having fun.
If I could do theater during the hiatus and then do '30 Rock' in the winter, that would be my ideal job.
I never thought I'd sing or dance on national television.
It takes a lot out of you to do a one-hour episodic lead of a show. I don't think actors realize that when they take the job.
I consider myself to be more real-sized than most of the actresses in California and in show business. They're very small. They're like miniature people.
People's arrest tapes, mug shots, everything is online.
I still get thrilled by the energy that is a live performance, the fear and the panic and the electricity that happens on the night. I think jolting myself every once in a while with that fear is a good thing for me.
Even though we all know the facts, it's hard to resist the lure of a tan.
Who wouldn't want to be an 'American Idol' judge? It's an awesome, awesome show.
I had a really tragic cut at the beginning of Season 2 of 'Ally McBeal.' Someone convinced me that it would be good to layer my hair. I basically looked like Ronald McDonald.
Oh, I'll tell you about 'Anyone Can Whistle' - the lesson I learned with doing that record is that the simplest songs are the hardest to do.
I'm willing to go further than other people on camera.
I'm a New York girl. I want to stay here and raise my son here.
Cheyenne Jackson is just a dream.
I have been lucky to be surrounded by other great working moms, like Tina Fey. I've certainly taken a lot of advice from her in every realm, from actor choices to mom choices.
There's never enough hours in the day to do what you want to do. What I've become OK with is that not everything can be done today. As long as I can get that time in with my son, then I can get all of the other stuff done today or tomorrow.
I think it's hilarious at 40 years old to bring out my roller skates from 'Starlight Express.' I find the humor and even the sadness in it hilarious and something to celebrate.
I feel like I eat pretty clean as my regular routine. I eat a lot of steamed vegetables, steamed chicken. I don't eat that much meat. I'd be maybe, I would say, 90 percent vegetarian. Mostly just because I like the way it makes me feel, not other reasons.
I, like almost every actor in the world, auditioned for 'Friends.' I wish I had gotten that one. I actually auditioned for Rachel and didn't go very far.
I don't think I do anything that well, but I do a little bit of everything!
