I know Mama Rose is a great role and I love having a chance to do it.

It was like being high when you reach those high notes.

I think my manager of 30-some odd years now, Tom Hammond. He's as fine a person as you could ever meet. And he's had great theatrical taste and has influenced me that way.

George M. is where I met my dear friend Joel Grey. We connected at rehearsal one day during a five-minute break. We were both looking out the same window and we knew in five minutes that we'd made a connection.

When there's a terrible illness like AIDS sweeping through, you help people.

I don't smoke, I don't drink much, I don't eat red meat. I stay out of the sun.

In my career, there have been three things that were challenging: playing gay; playing a Jewish woman; and playing Anton Chekhov. The scariest part was playing Chekhov!