But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.

Originally, I came from Texas, and we lived on - I guess you'd call it welfare, what we called relief.

Daddy, when he drank, just became sweeter. There wasn't a mean thought in his body. I've always said he was like a drunk Jimmy Stewart.

But I didn't ask to have somebody nose around in my private life. I didn't even ask to be famous. All I asked was to be able to earn a living making people laugh.

Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.

Comedy is tragedy plus time.

I always felt that I was more of an actress than a - I can't tell a joke to save my soul, but that I was a comedic actress.