People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal.

Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.

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

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.

I get very nervous whenever I think about it. I've never done a serious play, and I have such awe of the woman - she's really my only idol. It's going to be a big stretch - certain people come out on stage and your face muscles automatically tense and you get ready to smile.

If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything

I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home