It wasn't being an alcoholic - it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything.

There were people asking 'Can women be funny?' People still ask that. It's like asking: 'Can women breathe in and out?'

I didn't come into the business to get awards or titles.

I was having my teens in my 30s.

I can talk myself so much into my part.

I was the little, funny one. I felt I was the child among grown women.

It's getting better generally, daily, especially in TV, for women in acting and age and looks count less. As more women come into the business. Change of any sort takes a long time to happen.