I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money.

I've never had my brows done - I tweeze them myself. I used to watch my mom pluck her brows, that's how I learned.

I know that I am my worst critic. I know that if I can walk away from the set at the end of the day and feel that I did the best job I could and feel proud, that's what will satisfy me.

I can put my legs behind my head and sing 'Happy Birthday.' Because that's something that me and my friends used to do when we were in gymnastics class as kids, and I can still do it. I was doing it since I was 8 and 9. They used to call me Gumby. Very bendy.

It is very grand and sumptuous and awesome to look at but it was really about the characters for me.

I started singing at the Met when I was seven, and the competition was so fierce that it really prepared me.