Changing my name was traumatic for me.

If a part terrifies me, that is definitely a reason to do it.

I have never worn a watch. I did at 17 and it annoyed me.

I can see changing the name from Carol's Linens to Sophie's Linens,

When you are up close to an opera singer, hearing this incredible volume of noise coming from a human being - it's beyond belief.

If you're a woman doing classic theater, the big roles are often destroyers. I've played Hedda Gabler, Lady Macbeth, some of the Chekhovian heroines, Electra, Phaedra - they're all powerful women, but they're forces of negativity.