Kirstie [Alley] saved me, in a way. [At the time], I had a terrible marriage, and I stayed at her house. She was wonderful - just a kind, big-hearted, filthy girl. Somehow she could be vulgar without being vulgar.
I have the greatest picture of Ted [Danson]. That was a big caper: There was one person [opening] the door with a butter knife and another person kicking the door in so I could get a photo. He's decapitated, but totally nude. And he's really well-endowed.
Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.
The musical stuff I'd go up for was always funny, sexy, tough-as-nails, heart-of-gold characters.
Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?
If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections
When I was born, they put casts on my legs 'cause I had some kind of dysplasia or something. My legs were all messed up.
The first Broadway show I saw was when I was 11. I saw 'Hair.
Shakespeare feels very natural to me.
On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence.
My audition song is, and has been since 1977, 'I Love a Piano.
That was the aura of Cheers: It was special. It was more than TV; you could get people to guest on the show you couldn't normally get.