I knew I wanted to be in show business when I watched The Carol Burnett Show for the first time. I wanted to be just like her.
The worst thing about being a thespian is the competition among fellow actors.
My worst audition ever was in 1980 for Stephen Sondheim for Merrily We Roll Along. I was young, in New York for the first time, alone and scared. Sondheim was quite unimpressed, despite Hal Prince's insistence that I had talent!
The happiest day in my life was surprising my dad with Green Bay Packers tickets for his 65th birthday -- giving him a dream come true.
If I could be anyone other than myself, it would be Oprah Winfrey.
It's not entirely true, but I sometimes tell people that I was raised by drag queens.
The fictional character I am most like is Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz.
I am utterly terrified of deep dark water and sharks.
Andrew Lloyd Webber is actually a brilliant misfit.
I laugh uncontrollably at the absurd.
The one thing I absolutely refuse to do on stage is say "no" to a new idea. A great actor will try anything once!
Something I have never admitted to anyone before is that I hate to be wrong.
Currently I am reading The Best Awful by Carrie Fisher.
The first time I got drunk I told at least 10 people I was in love with them.
Appearing in a musical as a singing tea set is fun, however it's nothing like performing as a good bar set.
Like my mother used to say, "Don't get too big for your britches!"
