Half of my family has a deep-rooted connection to the South and Louisiana, and for me, New Orleans is one of our most precious, historic communities: visually, emotionally, artistically.

I was always incredibly driven and found it impossible to relax. I felt that if I slacked off for a minute to enjoy myself, then so many things would be missed.

No one has ever bought me underwear, and I'm a little bummed about that. Maybe it's not such a big deal any more.

Competing with other women wastes a lot of time, and I'm just not very good at it.

Being in front of a camera, in a nice dress, getting all dressed up is extreme. There's a lot of other extreme situations, you know, just getting out of bed sometimes is extreme - but I do it. Just got to do it, just got to get up. Put your sweatpants on, brush off the dog hair and just get out of the house!

I'm a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it's bad or good.

People who do comedy really are the nastiest people on the planet.