I got the regular call, that they were doing a Broadway musical of Hairspray, and would I come and audition. I was familiar with the movie, because at the time it came out my lover wrote for Premiere magazine, and…

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Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no...

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no...

To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky.

To work all the time is to be incredibly lucky.

You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theatre...

You really, really, really have to love what you are going to do in theatre...

In London they don't like you if you're still alive.

In London they don't like you if you're still alive.

A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?

A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim; accept no...

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim; accept no...

I actually may do a musical next year... not one that I've written; one that...

I actually may do a musical next year... not one that I've written; one that...

Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.

Time will tell us what we did and didn't do.

It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as.

It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as.

So, did I work with Warhol? I worked with him less on that play then...

So, did I work with Warhol? I worked with him less on that play then...

Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out.

Well, I always looked at Mulan as a movie about a lesbian coming out.

The world is full of more interesting things than my voice.

The world is full of more interesting things than my voice.

If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

If you deny yourself commitment, what can you do with your life?

It's through sheer will that I can sing.

It's through sheer will that I can sing.

My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was...

My play Safe Sex was picked apart because critics thought it was untrue. It was...

But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps...

But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps...

Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise....

Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise....

I'm sure there's going to be some material from This Is Not Going To Be...

I'm sure there's going to be some material from This Is Not Going To Be...

But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would...

But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would...

And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like...

And I believe that you never be limited in what you do, so I like...