Carol Burnett

My favorite is doing the television show, as a variety show, every week. If the show wasn't that great one week, we could always come back and apologize, you know? ”

Because of YouTube, I'm getting fan mail from 10-year-olds and teenagers and college kids. ”

I was raised going to the movies with my grandmother as a kid. And then I'd come home, and my best friend and I would act out the films that we saw. ”

I was kind of shy as a kid. I was a pretty good student. I was a wallflower, or nerd, if you will. ”

Ask anyone who's successful how they got there, you're going to hear a different story. ”

I was very entertained by Betty Grable and Judy Garland. ”

It's not a bad thing to be able to do many things onstage. If you're an entertainer, you should be able to entertain. I'm proud to say that I'm not a one-trick pony. ”

I really enjoy connecting with the audience. ”

I struggled for a while, but when I was cast in an Off Broadway show called 'Once Upon a Mattress,' that kind of put me on the map. ”

As far as sitcoms go, I thought Jenna Elfman in 'Dharma and Greg' was a wonderful physical comedienne who had great timing. ”