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.

You have to be aware. Like, I'm not going to do any downhill skiing. It looks like a whole lot of fun, but I'm not going to risk breaking a leg. I want to be dancing the way I'm dancing now for 30 more years.

I don't see myself as a diva at all.

In New York I was always offered the hot, sexy roles. But in L.A. I was offered the plain, dowdy roles. It says a lot about the difference between the coasts

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

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

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