Look, you're either loved or hated. Which is a good thing, as Bette Davis used to say.

Who do you think I am, Pete Rose? I don't bet. I come from a long line of compulsive gamblers. Gambling scares me.

I like to hold a book. When someone sends me a script, I ask for a hard copy or print one out.

Our black president can't say that he's for gay marriage. That is upsetting to me.

I love doing scripted things. What little acting ability I have I am holding on with my hangnails.

I know, it's weird that I've never done a musical. I turned down two of them. 'The Lion King' and 'The Producers.' I turned two of the biggest Broadway musicals down, am I a mess?

In the '70s, the gay movement was really making strides. Huge strides. And then AIDS came along and slapped a judgment on it all and the Right Wing religious movement was like, 'See. This is why, we told you.' And it pushed back the movement 30 years.