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Growing up, I thought I was going to be Madonna. I wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to dance and sing.

My first thought in life was wanting to be an actor. I was in ballet slippers and on pointe as soon as I could walk. I always wanted to be an actress, not a mother or housewife.

The first thing I wanted to be was an actor, even before I wanted to be a singer, before I discovered I could sing.

I became what I wanted to be.

When I was younger, I always wanted to be someone in the entertainment industry.

I always wanted to be a rock star. That was my childhood dream. That's what I told everybody I was going to be when I grew up.

Every time somebody would ask me what I want to be when I grow up, I would always say, 'I want to be on Broadway!'

First, I wanted to be Chris Farley. When I was growing up, Chris Farley was still on the stages and fun to us. In my house, John Belushi was king. I didn't grow up when he was - I was born in '78 - the reruns of Belushi in 'Animal House,' and knowing he was at Second City, he was viewed as a king in my house.

I wanted to be Stan Laurel, then I wanted to be Fred Astaire and then Captain Kangaroo. I actually started out as a radio announcer when I was 17 and never left the business, so that's literally 70 years.