I was a shy ugly kid who led a big fantasy life. I thought I was an angel sent from heaven, to cure polio. When Dr. Salk did that I was really pissed off.

I haven't a clue why I've lasted so long. There's no reason. There are many people more talented than me. I think it's luck.

I've been screaming at the top of my lungs at my family, 'Work out! Work out! Old age is coming!'

I really don't think of myself as a singer. I think of myself as an entertainer, and the best place I do it is onstage.

I won't be able to do what I'm doing forever. There aren't that many scripts floating around for fifty-year-old chicks.

I'm like a bumper car. When I did an infomercial I was fodder for every TV comedy show. I couldn't get a job. People said I was a huge joke. I've been a joke so many times. I've been on my way out since I started, but I'm strong-willed. My mother is so much tougher than I am and my grandmother is so much tougher than my mother.

I'm the female equivalent of a counterfeit $20 bill. Half of what you see is a pretty good reproduction, the rest is a fraud.