When I got a call from Los Angeles to do the Tonight Show, I considered it more of an inconvenience than an opportunity.

Although I loved Liza as a little girl, it would be true to say I really didn't know her.

The eyebrow pencil and false eyelashes were essential; my mother didn't feel dressed without them.

I don't like to hear anybody in show business complain, because I just find it to be such a grateful business. Because there are so many wonderful, creative souls out there and there are so few jobs. And, so, I just find myself thinking to myself "wow, if I could get into a show of any kind and have it last for a while" - that's when I find myself really happy.

When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent.

The high point of my entire junior high school career was going backstage after the first concert to meet the Beatles in person. I had a huge crush on George Harrison at the time, having inherited my family's passion for skinny musicians, and I was simply awestruck to be meeting the Fab Four in person.

Between them, my parents had 10 marriages.