I searched for answers to life's meaning and, though I was raised a Presbyterian, I converted to Judaism around 1983.

I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses.

I think that anyone who denies their heritage doesn't deserve their destiny. My grandmother was a maid. She put nine children - eight of them - through college; I did not finish college.

Oh, I miss the excitement and immediacy of Broadway and the theaters.

No one teaches you how to be graceful.