Mediocrity scares me. It's the fear of not being as good as you want to be. If you give over to that fear, it will sabotage you. As much as I can, I try to use that fear to guide me.

Look at the movies of the sixties and seventies. They were making a different kind of movie then. Would 'Network' ever be made now? No. Would 'Kramer vs. Kramer' ever be made now? No. Would 'Tootsie' ever be made now? Probably not. Robert Altman films? Never.

Musical theater is great; you get painted up, you get to play princesses and witches, and you sing. The joy alone of that can really carry a lot.

Life flies by, and it's easy to get lost in the blur. In adolescence, it's 'How do I fit in?' In your 20s, it's 'What do I want to do?' In your 30s, 'Is this what I'm meant to do?' I think the trick is living the questions. Not worrying so much about what's ahead but rather sitting in the grey area - being OK with where you are.

A lot of tragedy can befall us, but there's always something else; there's always hope.

The more you are positive and say, 'I want to have a good life,' the more you build that reality for yourself by creating the life that you want.

I'm so envious of that genetic wiring that immediately puts a smile on your face. My genetic wiring just puts creases in my eyebrows.

Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience.

For me growing up, Christmas time was always the most fantastic, exciting time of year, and you'd stay up until three in the morning. You'd hear the parents wrapping in the other room but you knew that also, maybe, they were in collusion with Santa Claus.

There are going to be good times and bad times, but lighten up.

The more you are positive and say, 'I want to have a good life,' the more you build that reality for yourself by creating the life that you want.

I love architecture.

I do like dating cynics - they tend to be incredibly funny.

Work takes up a lot of my brain space. So when I work, it's one thing. I don't have a lot of time to think about dating.