Hollywood is a world all its own.

Growing up Catholic has been a gift.

We're not all called to be Dorothy Day.

First of all - I only believe what I see.

I find nothing wrong with the naked body.

I used to babysit a lot, and I used to be a nanny.

My dream is to eventually open a children's theatre.

I just wanted to be married and to be happy ever after.

But what I like to sing mostly is blues and cabaret style.

I'd love to have the opportunity to sing in a Disney movie.

I get a lot of recognition for my voice. That always surprises me.

I never had to pound the pavement and really struggle after college.

I think to be in politics you have to have the taste for blood on that.

I can cry at the drop of the pin. But comedy is hard for me; it's the timing.

A few months after graduation I was working in films. It took off pretty quick.

Now I listen to all kinds of music except rap, which all sounds the same to me.

Children are so creative and imaginative that they just bring you to life all over again.

You know, I like playing around with my voice and trying all different types of kooky voices.

We have a world that is searching for answers, that is searching for a way back to spirituality.

I just want the opportunity to continue to do great films, play great characters and work with great people.

They used to say I was a younger Winona Ryder and that always made me laugh because I'm three years older than she is.

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.

I truly believe that God brought this, Dorothy Day script to me, because for a long time up until I was in eight grade - I wanted to be a nun.

I did everything I could to stay in college and pay my own way, so I think that if success hadn't come so quickly, I would still be pursuing it.

I grew up mostly with classical, big band, and a lot of Irish music - I really didn't start listening to rock and roll until I was maybe sixteen.

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.

Money's not important to me. Movie star acknowledgement is not important to me. I don't want to be a big studio actress. I don't want to be in the limelight.

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!

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