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

I consider myself an actress first, a dancer second, and a singer third. Why? Because the dancer needs a reason to move-that's the actor informing the dancer. So I worked on my acting and gradually developed a singing voice.

I am deeply saddened by the death of my dear friend, Dudley Moore.

I'm not a very good singer. I just know how to present a song, and honey, I think I've been through enough to do it right.

It was like Mama suddenly realized I was good, that she didn't have to apologize for me. It was the strangest feeling. One minute I was on stage with my mother, the next moment I was on stage with Judy Garland. One minute she smiled at me, and the next minute she was like the lioness that owned the stage and suddenly found somebody invading her territory. The killer instinct of a performer had come out in her.

My mother was an artist and highly strung, whereas my father was much calmer.

I had a one day slip, Matt. So what do you do? You get up and you go on, and you try not to do it again.