Who could have imagined that life would have taken such marvelous twists and turns or that I would often be so fortunate to be in the right place at the right time?
I think I'm just proudest to be the lady who was asked to play Mary Poppins. She's such a wonderful character, and there's so much tremendous talent out there. So I feel very lucky to be the one who got to play her.
Did you ever notice the color of Mary Poppins' petticoats? They were kind of orange and apricot and red. I think she had a secret life going on there.
There are elements of me in the roles I've played in the past. But people forget that Mary Poppins was just a role, too.
Much as I adore the melodies, I choose a song for what it has to say.
I'd say almost that words come first, melody second.
In my life, it would probably be giving birth to my daughter. That probably is the most, the thing that moved me the most, was the most memorable, the most wonderful, the most miraculous. I think a lot of women would probably feel that way, too.
'Simeon's Gift' is really - it's about a musician who - in the Middle Ages, who goes out to find his muse.
Programs that bring the arts to young kids are always the first to be cut. It's mind-boggling to me.
Who would have thought that a story about a professor of phonetics would result in it being probably one of the great shows ever for musical theatre? It's a seemingly odd subject.
I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.
I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.
Actually, what I did, because I couldn't make sense of it, and I have to have lyrics that make sense, I decided the best way to sing 'I Have Confidence' was to go completely nuts with panic and fear.
I've made my pact with the Lord for the next lifetime. I would love to be a first-class musician. A super one.
Like most girls, I fantasized about being some sort of a princess.
There's nothing like the joy of the arts, and promoting the arts early in children is going to give them such a start in life in a way.
When you are traveling in vaudeville, you experience so many different kinds of audiences, depending on what time of the week it is, how long the pubs have been open, and things like that.
The arts are usually the first thing to be cut in schools or regional programs.
I'm resilient, and I'm professional.
Growing up in England, of course you do absorb certain ways the royals wave their hands and carry themselves.
