Kirstie [Alley] saved me, in a way. [At the time], I had a terrible marriage, and I stayed at her house. She was wonderful - just a kind, big-hearted, filthy girl. Somehow she could be vulgar without being vulgar.

Certainly the life of a dancer is very difficult. The training is very hard and relentlessly grueling.

I've been very fortunate in my collaborators throughout my career.

My audition song is, and has been since 1977, 'I Love a Piano.

That was the aura of Cheers: It was special. It was more than TV; you could get people to guest on the show you couldn't normally get.

The musical stuff I'd go up for was always funny, sexy, tough-as-nails, heart-of-gold characters.

I made jokes about kissing Murphy Brown. But if that's what cost me my job, my wife will probably say, "Hey asshole, I told you so".