You know what my earliest memories are? Going from one burlesque town to another. My father was in burlesque.
Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings.
I sat next to a young woman on a plane once who bombarded me for five hours with how she had decided to be born again and so should I. I told her I was glad for her, but I hadn't used up being born the first time.
I was a child, and my mother was psychotic. She loved me, but I didn't really feel I had a mother. And when you live with somebody who is paranoid and thinks you're trying to kill them all the time, you tend to feel a little betrayed.
There is a wonderful feeling of power when you're a director, but I don't think I need that, and I'm OK without it.
I would like to know that when I read the paper in the morning, it's telling me something that actually happened, and I think the vast majority of journalists want the same thing.
