I grew up in a time when women didn't really do comedy. You had to be homely, overweight, an old maid, all that. You had to play a stereotype, because very attractive women were not supposed to be funny - because it's powerful; it's a threat.

It was just a funny notion about everything. We were lucky that Jane had such a passion for it and she, from the beginning, wanted the two of us; Dolly and me.

All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific.

Sometimes I feel like a figment of my own imagination

I think my politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.

He's the most successful American comedy playwright ever. And this is such a damned good funny play - and this time of year you need as many laughs as you can get.