You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor.

What good is sitting all alone in your room?

My family's been in show business since the 1700s. I traced them. I'm bred to this. Like a racehorse. A thoroughbred. Look at my parents, my God. But it was my curiosity that made me do this. Because you could also say: "Look at Frank Sinatra Jr." It's not like a natural thing that happens. You gotta work.

Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway.

You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor.

The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you.

But my brother Joey was there, and my sister Tina Nina Minnelli was there.