“It's very simple. If the American people care about a lot of things including corruption in government, then, in fact, if you use the power to appoint in order to do political business, to clear fields, to save your party money and so on, if it's not a crime - and I believe it is - it certainly is b”

“I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.”