When you have a steady job you're more inspired to broaden yourself.

I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.

Most people don't deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball.

My daughter very independent. But if she's upset about something, she will absolutely let me know. She's great - a real tough cookie.

People have an obligation to live up to their potential.

When I started in this [music] business, I had a dream, but it was amorphous, and I had no experience. I just had a fuzzy notion of what life would be like if I became what I pictured.

When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They'd never seen anything like that. They wanted to be like those actors and actresses, so the movies informed their behavior. A lot of people started drinking martinis and smoking cigarettes because they felt it was cool.