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" I don't wear a wig. I'd feel terrible onstage with a wig. I hate to be so 'Actors Studio'-ish, but I like to feel it's me out there. "

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" Quite frankly I don't know how to be happy. I have not a clue. "

" Audiences are not strangers to me. They're the best friends I've got in my life. "

" I mention I'm going home, and I'm a star immediately! This used to happen with my boyfriends - as soon as I'd say, 'I gotta go home now,' they fell in love. "

" I think it's the wrong way around to say, 'When you get older move to the country.' I think when you get older you move to New York. "

" For me, going to London is like coming home. In fact, I've often entertained the idea of ending my days there. "

" The people in New York - their humor is on a level that goes, uh, very deep, you know? "

" I don't have to go to a doctor and have my face changed. It terrifies me that women do that. "

" There are a lot of things I do that I don't want to, but I have to. It's truly an emotional need for me to perform. "

" I don't think there's any thrill in the world like doing work you're good at. "

" You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie. "

" Diabetes is a lousy, lousy disease. "

" My movie career - if such a thing even exists - is laughable. "

" Talent is very dangerous. It alienates people. "

" If I see someone saying the rosary in the wings, I know they've got talent. "

" I can't explain chemistry. I really can't. I haven't got a clue what it's all about. It just happens. It's like falling in love. You can't explain why you fall in love or explain why it's this particular person. "

" I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired. "

" I don't want to see my family all the time, and they're delighted, I'm sure, to be aware of that. "

" Making clever speeches takes a lot of work and a lot of time. "

" Let me tell you about those convents. All that crap about extending the pinkie finger while sipping tea is a myth. Convent schools are breeding grounds for great broads and occasionally one-of-the-boys. Convent schools teach you to play against everything, which is what I'm still doing. "

" My biggest dream was to get out of Michigan - to discover life beyond the Sacred Heart Convent. "

" When the hospital sends for me, when the ambulance comes and I ease my way out of the world, I'd rather be in Detroit, Michigan, than Lenox Hill. "

" You can't be funny unless you're tragic, and you can't be tragic unless you're funny. "

" If I see a great performance on television, onstage, in the movies, I go to work the next day with a renewed energy and less fear. These great artists take me out of my life and make me want to go there. "

" I always say, 'If you can't give a reason for the banana peel being in the alley, then don't have the comic slide over it.' Do you understand what I mean? First explain how the banana peel got there quickly. And then there's a reason for all the comedy. "

" I love Birmingham, Michigan. It's lovely - you know, it's very similar to the Hamptons. "

" I like celebrities. I love people who are famous. Always have. "

" I don't want to see a movie twice. I don't want to do anything twice. "

" There's certainly nothing lasting and definite about the theater. "

" You never know what is happening to yourself when it is happening. "

" I tell the truth, and it has gotten me into a lot of trouble. My dad used to say to me, 'If you tell the truth all day long, you will end up in jail.' "