My whole life has been about changing negatives into positives. I got famous, then I got cancer, and now I live to talk about it. Sometimes the best gifts come in the ugliest packages.

I had my moments when I got very frightened that I would not recover.

Since my illness, I've felt the presence of my angels.

My clothes are predominately black and my home is predominantly white.

Every time you go to the doctor and get a good report, the odds keep staking more in your favour.

It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens.

I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.