Helene Yorke

“I'll never forget the first moment I stepped on a Broadway stage. It was in Grease, and I knew it was momentous. My parents were there, and I got into a cab with them afterward and started crying.”

“I think the wildest thing you do to get a role is putting yourself together for an audition.”

“We just lost Carol Channing, who performed 'Hello, Dolly!' at the St. James Theatre. I played the St. James Theatre as well. To know that you walked the same boards as somebody like that is so extraordinary.”

“I wasn't a nerd or a recluse, but I didn't grow up too fast.”

“If the mean thing is being said with a person who abused malice, then something sounds mean. If something that is considered mean is being said by somebody who has good intentions and has maybe a comedic lack of awareness, then you can get away with a little bit more.”

“Figuring out what made 'American Psycho' tick, it was such a fun script to work on, especially when we got an audience. Everything about it was so dark and yet ABSURD. I played Evelyn, and balancing what made her real and ridiculous was incredibly rewarding.”

“'High Maintenance' became my calling card for the bulk of my television career.”

“I find the mediums to be incredibly different. In theatre you're telling the same story eight times a week, and in TV that story is constantly changing and you're often telling it out of order based on shooting schedules.”

“I went to school for musical theater, and that is such a huge, central part of me.”

“The two biggest characters I've created are probably the biggest things I've ever done for a role.”

“I went to the University of Michigan and have a BFA in Musical Theatre.”

“Of course, building a character is easy when the writing is good.”

“We're all victims of our own expectations.”

“I typically, with my work, like to approach it in a bigger way. That's sort of how I am. And I remember when I was getting into television, the handcuff that gets put on you right away, especially when you're a theater kid, is, 'Be smaller, be smaller, be smaller.'”

“I bring a lot of myself to my work.”