I can't say I based [Carla] on anybody I knew. She was so foulmouthed and mean, just said what was on her mind. So I guess Carla is somebody I always wished I could be at the right moment, the one who always has the perfect comeback.

The Cheers writers were the finest in television. But I felt like I was repeating myself; it bothered me a little bit. And I was getting movie offers, which made people think, "Oh, she's so snooty. She thinks she's going to do movies."

I was too terrified to notice she [Shelley Long] had breasts. I do remember that I was eating a sandwich.

In television, and especially in a situation comedy, you kind of play yourself, or at least the essence of yourself.

I dont believe in predestination, even though I was raised a Presbyterian.

I'm not perfect, but I'd like to be perfect. I'm working on it.

People had been so attached to the Diane [Cheers] character that audiences and producers found it difficult to think of me in any other terms. It took some time before people would consider me for other parts.