I Hate The Word Wholesome.

My First Memoir, 'home,' Was About My Childhood, Early Training And Formative Years In The Theater, I Am So Pleased That My Good Friends At The Hachette Book Group Have Encouraged Me To Share The Next Phase Of My Life, Beginning With My Arrival In Hollywood And The Wonderful Movies And Television Programs I Was Asked To Be A Part Of.

I Am Told That The First Comprehensible Word I Uttered As A Child Was 'home.

The Old Fairy Tales Are Very, Very Violent, And These Days I Think We Could Do With A Little Less Of It.

I Think It's The Essence Of Any Film And Any Stage Production - Any Work Where You Do Work With Other People - Of Course Collaboration Is Hugely Important. One Does For Awhile Become Family.

If I Am Able To Sing Again It Will Be Through Some Miracle Operation. There's A Lot Of Work Being Done To Help Singers Regain Their Voices, But In My Case I Actually Lost Vocal Tissue So It's Very Hard For My Chords To Rub Together And I Need To Replace That Tissue. I Remain Optimistic But Not Tremendously So.