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Tennessee Williams was so adept at portraying characters who are both fallible and vulnerable. Women were a huge influence in his life, his mother and sister in particular.

I'm very fond of Tennessee Williams' plays, and when my husband and I went to New Orleans in the late 1970s, we saw 'A Street Car Named Desire.'

I've always had an affinity for writers who have a poetry background, so I always liked Tennessee Williams.

I've always loved Don Cheadle and Jeffery Wright and even Sam Jackson.

And, I'd never done Tennessee Williams, and I had done Broadway musicals, so it was a challenge.

Magic Johnson was my favorite player growing up.

I was obsessed with Elvis Presley when I was little.

I loved Steve Martin when I was younger, in the '70s.

I left home when I was 17 with Joe Williams.