I missed New York. Every break I had from the series, I'd fly back to the East Coast just to get back onstage.

I missed New York. Every break I had from the series, I'd fly back to the East Coast just to get back onstage.

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.

One of the things that's great about doing a show over and over again... is that you have to find ways to make it spontaneous, as though everything is happening for the first time... to continue to mine the material and find new things.

I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.

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

I'm not a performer who will come on stage and tell you everything about my life. It's just not who I am.