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" 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. "

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" 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.' "

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" I wanted to be on Broadway, but in musical comedy. "

" My preference is for people who can do sketch comedy or situational comedy, where it's not a joke, but it's telling a story. "

" Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away. "

" I love Maya Rudolph. She's very multitalented herself. "

" If I go to a party, I'm not one to be the funniest person in the room at all. "

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" I'm really not that funny in real life! But I am the best audience one could find. I love to laugh. "

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

" What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't think I have it in me to come up with those kinds of characters. "

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" I do the 'New York Times' crossword puzzle every morning to keep the old grey matter ticking. "

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

" Everybody I know who is funny, it's in them. You can teach timing, or some people are able to tell a joke, though I don't like to tell jokes. But I think you have to be born with a sense of humor and a sense of timing. "

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

" Funny is funny. I dare anyone to look at Tim Conway and Harvey Korman doing the dentist sketch, which is more than 40 years old, and not scream with laughter. "

" Jimmy Stewart and Lucille Ball were so unique. "

" It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others. "

" I do think there are some great female comics: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. They're the whole ball of wax. "

" It all happened the way it was supposed to. I wouldn't change anything. I had such a great run. "

" I'm hooked on Glenn Close in 'Damages.' "

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

" 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. "

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

" You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself. "

" I have an iPhone, and I can text, and I can use the phone, and I can even take pictures with it. "

" Kristin Wiig I think is brilliant. "

" Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. "

" I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done the same. I wanted my girls to know me. "

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

" 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. "

" I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love. "