I would never quit comedy to make money. I've been doing it, like, 30 years. I still love it. That's my life.
My job is to bring the tickle. I know what's funny.
Why is being a woman so surprising? There are two sexes. A man and a woman. So, if it's not a man in a movie, what else was it going to be?
It takes a real designer to design for real women.
They redid 'Roots,' and everyone was saying, 'Oh, it shouldn't have been done.' I was like, 'It definitely should have been done.' Because it needs to be refurbished for the new generation so they can understand it.
I'm glad this whole success thing is happening now. I can't even imagine a 23-year-old Leslie in this position.