When You Decide To Become An Opera

My Plan Is To Shock People With What I Can Do, Because I've Got A Few Sides To Me That I've Never Used On Screen.

I've Tried To Divide My Time Between The Us And New Zealand, But It's Difficult, And I Suddenly Realized That I Like Acting Here In Los Angeles Anyway. Because When You First Come Here; Especially From New Zealand, You Go, This Is The Ugliest, Nastiest, Grayest, Smoggiest Town In The World, And Then Your Scale Of Beauty Adjusts And Suddenly You Think, Oh, Isn't It Beautiful, Not Too Much Smog Today!

Growing Up, I Looked Up To Real Women. I Didn't Go In For Hero Worship And I Still Don't. Everybody Has Feet Of Clay.

Very Often, I'm Part Of The Deception Because The Way I Play Things Is That I Want You To Be Able To Look Back And Go, "oh, My God, I Didn't See That At The Time, But Now It All Makes Sense," And You Want To Watch It A Second Time With The Benefit Of Hindsight.

When You Decide To Become An Opera Singer, It's A Commitment That Allows Nothing Else To Interfere. Even Your Family - And I Have A Young Daughter - Has To Take Second Place.