Growing up Catholic has been a gift.
There are a lot of battles to face, and if I didn't have that religious core - that base to turn to - I would be truly lost.
Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.
But what I like to sing mostly is blues and cabaret style.
I never had to pound the pavement and really struggle after college.
I went to Marymount College in New York City with a lot of kids whose parents paid their way, and I wouldn't even have thought of asking my parents - they couldn't afford it, not with six kids!
I just wanted to be married and to be happy ever after.
I get a lot of recognition for my voice. That always surprises me.
A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick.
My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre.
An audience is going to be able to find a little bit of Dorothy in themselves and relate to this woman.: roles like Dorothy Day are so rare in Hollywood.
We're not all called to be Dorothy Day.
I do have the freedom to choose what I want to do and I'll continue to do that.
