I eat very well, and I do Pilates.
— Carol Burnett
I loved doing 'The Family' with Eunice and Mama. They were very interesting because there were no jokes written into those sketches. It was all character-driven. And sometimes it got a little heavy.
I don't watch sitcoms. I really don't. My problem with them is they take so long to film them that there's no spontaneity. I want to see that.
I've always been optimistic. And I have a feeling that it happened because of going to all those movies with my grandmother in the '40s because there was no cynicism.
I didn't really get comfortable until I got to UCLA, and I had to take an acting course because I was studying theater arts.
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.
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.
I really enjoy connecting with the audience.
I've always been able to recount things, and I have a really good memory about dialog and what people have said before and this and that.
I love Maya Rudolph. She's very multitalented herself.
I was raised going to the movies with my grandmother as a kid. And then I'd come home, and my best friend and I would act out the films that we saw.
When I went to New York to try and make it, I never thought it wouldn't happen.
I loved the Kennedy Center Honors because you just sit there, smile, wave, and cry.
If I go to a party, I'm not one to be the funniest person in the room at all.
I'm into 'House of Cards.' 'Breaking Bad' - my God, did I binge on that!
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.
We all get where we're going by circuitous journeys, and some of the setbacks are warranted.
When I was in college at UCLA, I took a playwriting course. I was all set to be a writer. But I had to take this acting class as a theater arts major. I had to do this scene in a one-act comedy. I just said this line, and then... this laugh happened. I thought, 'Whoa. This is a really good feeling. What have I been missing?'
My favourite comedian, of course, is Tim Conway. He has a way about him - being that belly-laugh kind of funny, and he has the improvisational skills, too. I've never seen anybody better.
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.'
Because of YouTube, I'm getting fan mail from 10-year-olds and teenagers and college kids.
I was very entertained by Betty Grable and Judy Garland.
I love audiences.
When I was starting out in this business, that was the norm. You did it all. You looked around, and entertainers could dance, sing, play the piano, act, make you laugh.
I have an iPhone, and I can text, and I can use the phone, and I can even take pictures with it.
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.
Kristin Wiig I think is brilliant.
I am not a joke-teller. Stand-up, I couldn't do.
You have to really want it, and don't take it personally if you don't get a job. Because sometimes you're not the type. And sometimes it's somebody else's turn.
I'm hooked on Glenn Close in 'Damages.'
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 am not a person who yells at all, but I realized that I have always felt so good after doing the Tarzan yell, after doing Charo, or screaming as Eunice.
When I left 'The Garry Moore Show,' I signed a 10-year contract with CBS.
I'm so happy with what has happened in my life.
I had always been quiet and studious in school. I was the high school editor of the newspaper.
I think the reason I was successful is that I was never cynical.
I never felt cynical, and I never felt that I couldn't do what I wanted to do.
I love 'Modern Family.' And I love 'Glee' - the singing, the music - Jane Lynch just kills me.
I'm like your mother, your sister, whatever.
I'm not a person who likes to confront.
Jimmy Stewart and Lucille Ball were so unique.
My first book was an open letter to my three daughters.
I love to write. I have always loved writing. That was my first love.
I come from Texas, and my grandmother and mother were born in Arkansas.
I prefer doing TV, where it can be different every time.
Ask anyone who's successful how they got there, you're going to hear a different story.
It all happened the way it was supposed to. I wouldn't change anything. I had such a great run.
My mother was very funny. My dad had a great sense of humor. My grandmother, too.
Edgy is fine - I'm not a prude by any stretch of the imagination - but what's wrong with a good ol' belly laugh? I miss that.
I do think there are some great female comics: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph. They're the whole ball of wax.
