I've learned what I can control is whether I am going to live a day in fear and depression and panic, or whether I am going to attack the day and make it as good a day, as wonderful a day, as I can.

... I was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Suddenly I had to spend all my time getting well.

You feel completely in control when you hear a wave of laughter coming back at you that you have caused.

I'm not really an impersonator.

My life had made me funny, and cancer wasn't going to change that.

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end.

You cannot live in Los Angeles for any period of time without eventually trying to write a screenplay. It's like a flu bug that you catch ... Even the plumber has a screenplay in his truck.