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

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.

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.'

Comedy is tragedy - plus time.

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.

Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now.