I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity..

Most people don't deserve to be spoken of in the same breath as Chaplin or Lucille Ball..

If you're passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it..

I always wanted to be a performer, I didn't know exactly what kind of performer, all I knew was there were certain things that I liked. I liked movie….

I have a ball - and it keeps my heart rate up. I get to wear fabulous clothes. I get to make people laugh. That's my core business, and that's where ….

I think the essence of humor has not changed. It's all about surprise, facilitating follows. But the context of humor has changed. Previously, the jo….

I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes..

It's important that you all agree on what the parameters are and what you can accomplish - and not get pissed off or beat yourself up for what you ca….

After thirty, a body has a mind of its own..

My mother would only let us go to the musicals..

When the movies first started, audiences were dumbstruck to see actresses walking around in evening gowns. They'd never seen anything like that. They….

My parents used to park us kids at the public library in downtown Honolulu every Saturday. They'd leave us there at 8 A.M. and pick us up at 4 P.M. -….

I'd make a wonderful Lady Macbeth. I'll wear a pair of platform shoes or something..

That's why I'm concerned about education, because it helps our children see other worlds. Education is my next big thing. When music and art were tak….

The Internet has changed everything. People will be discovered online. People buy music online. It's a completely different way to get entertainment..

If I don't feel right about what I'm in, I don't feel right about anything..

While I was growing up, I believed I could do anything I could think of. So the challenge was always to keep thinking - to get to where I wanted to b….

As you age, feelings do diminish..

There's a kind of emotional exploration you plumb with a friend that you don't really do with your family..

Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reeds. Some say love, it is a razor that leaves your heart to bleed. Some say love, it is a hunger….

We are all part of the ecosystem..