At least I'm not playing other people for a change. It's a very odd place to be... I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.

I was raised in the theater and, as it turned out, a TV show was like performing a new one-act play. So, it was really no different.

But that's one of the nice things about doing a stage show, if something doesn't work out, you have the luxury of working on it over time.

At least I'm not playing other people for a change. It's a very odd place to be... I feel I'm an actress who sings a bit.

All this time I've just wanted to be blonde, beautiful and 5 feet 2 inches tall.

I... was not too happy to suddenly take on this public role thrust upon me. They just assumed I was the Joan of Arc of the women's movement. And I wasn't at all. It put a lot of unnecessary pressure on me.

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.