I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.

I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.

Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously.

I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes.

Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?

We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly.