Everyone's surprised when they meet me. I guess it's because I've played tough cookies for so long... It's what I do best. I'm not sure I could pull off a genteel Southern belle.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
A lot of people meet me and they're like, 'Why aren't you crazy?'
I have met almost everyone I've wanted to meet.
I got to meet some of the best people I've ever met, and we all grew as people and as entertainers.
I'm the most competitive person you'll ever meet.
A common misperception of me is... that I am a tough, rough northerner, which I suppose I am really. But I'm pretty mild-mannered most of the time. It's the parts that you play I guess. I don't mind it. I'm not a tough guy. I'd like to act as a fair, easy-going, kind man at some point.
They always want me to play myself and that's a big snooze.
The best cookies of all in the world are the ones my daughter Sally makes. They come out all uniform with nice little air holes.
The genuine truth, and I do think about this a lot, is that I'm one of the least competitive people you'll ever meet. Except with myself.
When we run out of them upstairs, I've been known to appropriate some from our greenroom, pocketing a few with one hand as I smile and greet our guests with the other. One time, Dave Zinczenko of 'Eat this, Not That!' fame, busted me in the act. The cookies apparently fall in the 'not that' category. I made a note of it.
I am just the most boring person you will ever meet. I'm the good Southern daughter. I'm not outrageous.