Even when I was in school shows, in elementary school doing plays, I'd always go off book and start improvising.

To be good, you need to believe in what you're doing.

I had a dream that Connie Chung is doing a newscast about my death and they show a clip from Soap.

What's so fascinating and frustrating and great about life is that you're constantly starting over, all the time, and I love that.

We were in front of a live audience and I would be acting with the man who was playing my lover, and we used those words, and the audience would titter and laugh, and make me uncomfortable doing the scenes. ... I wanted to sort of stop and yell at them, "What's so funny? What's the matter with you people? Grow up!" It made me very self-conscious at times.

I think when I feel I'm at my best is when I'm on stage, and it's my version of jazz because it's just riffing or something.

Great news! Hosting Oscars counts five hours toward my community service!