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

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

When the show is over we still have to pay our rent, we have to buy food. We have to do all the same things that you do.

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

I am not the captain of my ship. My ship is out there, but I don't have my course. You never know in this business.

There were some times when we did the winter scenes in the summer, and I had to wear that silly fur coat. Oh, my Lord! I was perspiring!

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.