Making a living in the arts, though, creates so many jobs for other people.

My book has a lot of parts of my life that people don't know about.

I have had five phenomenal children, a great husband and, even though we are separated, we are good friends.

I have three grandchildren and am hoping for 20.

That is what I always tell service clubs: If you hear of somebody who is very young and talented, pick them up and give them that little assistance to make sure that they get to the professional stage.

My mother was a wonderful, wonderful woman with a lovely voice who hated housework, hated cooking even more and loved her children. She was always arranging church activities such as a bazaar.

I was born in Montreal and came from a lower-middle-class family.