They want families to come to New York and go to the theater, so the theater is all geared toward family entertainment. It's money, you know.

In the late '60s and '70s, when feminism was on the up sweep, there was an awareness of things that we're losing again.

I'm somebody who can absorb a lot.

I love National Geographic. Just when you think you've seen the last lost native tribe, National Geographic will find a new one.

From the time I was a kid, I'd never joined groups. I hated high school groups. I hung out with hippies, musical people. I hung out with whomever I found compelling and interesting and smart. And I continued to do that throughout my life.

I'm the only actress in Hollywood who didn't pay to have these lips.

I knew I wanted to be a performer and do comedy at 5 years old. My dad's wife, Marlene Rosenbaum, was boiling water and she goes, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" I said, "A comedian." And she laughed and laughed because she thought that was the cutest, funniest thing.