I really cut my teeth on off-off-off Broadway shows.

You know, I spend most of my life turning things down. There's a lot of crap out there.

I suddenly realized that comedy, for me, was just being honest, and playing it for real. I've seen so many wonderful actors who turn into creatures from another planet when they're told they are supposed to be playing comedy.

Many years ago, I was in a Broadway show and I had to wear a fox fur around my shoulders. One day my hand touched one of the fox's legs. It seemed to be in two pieces. Then it dawned on me.... her leg had probally been snapped in two by the steel trap that had caught it.

Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.

I believe that you're here on Earth for a short time, and while you're here, you shouldn't forget it.

I wish there was something more that performers could do other than get out there and sing at benefit performances. I wish I felt that if I had an empty room I'd like to bring in someone and make it a hospice, but I'm not Mother Teresa. I can't do that.