I got tired of reading that everybody was either coming out of the closet or they were abused or had some kind of substance problem.

If you want good sketches, go pick up Sid Caesar. The best of Your Show of Shows. That's the greatest sketch comedy you'll ever see on television.

If you get a show named after you, and then play another character, that's fine. But if you do a show that's an ensemble show like... MASH, then you're in trouble.

Even in the days when they did Othello, you didn't necessarily have to be black to play Othello. You wore the makeup.

I do Broadway because I refuse to succumb to the stereotypical things that Hollywood does to a performer.

I certainly don't have any airs about myself.

I think Canadian talent is exceptional. You continually show us up here in the States with your brilliancy.