I was horribly shy all through grade school and high school. But somehow I got up the nerve to audition for one play in high school - 'Auntie Mame.' I got a small part as the fiancee who comes on in the end. I got laughs. I wasn't shy at all doing the part. I can do anything on stage and write it off as a character.

Every part I get, I just think I'm so lucky. They're so hard to get, you know.

I was too practical to major in theater. Acting - what was I going to do with acting? There was no future in it.

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