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

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

I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.

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

I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am.

You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment.

I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg.