Actress

Semua orang yang saya kenal lucu, ada di dalam diri mereka. Anda dapat mengajarkan pengaturan waktu, atau beberapa orang dapat menceritakan lelucon, meskipun saya tidak suka menceritakan lelucon. Tapi saya pikir Anda harus dilahirkan dengan selera humor dan waktu yang tepat.

I am not a joke-teller. Stand-up, I couldn't do.

I very much enjoyed doing 'Law & Order,' playing a killer - that was fun, and they had a family feel around the set, so it was a happy show to do even though the subject matter was quite the opposite.

Comedy is tragedy - plus time.

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

I love 'Modern Family.' And I love 'Glee' - the singing, the music - Jane Lynch just kills me.

I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.

I love the writing. I love the idea of typing and seeing it on the computer and printing it out myself and, you know, moving sentences around. I like that.

Steve Martin in 'All of Me,' when he did that whole thing where he was possessed by the spirit in his body? It was brilliant.

I can't tell a joke to save my soul. It's just not my thing, though I love to listen to jokes.

I was in California, and I was going to UCLA, and I knew I certainly didn't have movie star looks. I remember seeing pictures and photos of Ethel Merman and Mary Martin, who were kind of average looking. I said, 'Well, that's for me, then, to go back to New York and try to be in musical comedy on Broadway.'

I'm not always optimistic. You wouldn't have all cylinders cooking if you were always like Mary Poppins.

In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived at a place called the Rehearsal Club that was actually the basis for a play called Stage Door.

I don't eat much meat, fish, or poultry.

Kristin Wiig I think is brilliant.

I come from Texas, and my grandmother and mother were born in Arkansas.

My mother was very funny. My dad had a great sense of humor. My grandmother, too.

I think the hardest thing to do in the world, show-business-wise, is write comedy.

I'm not a person who likes to confront.

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