Heard At The Tonys
She thanked her six nieces and nephews who "mercifully just think of me as Aunt Anna and don't care about any of this. They just don't. They just wanted tickets to 'Little Mermaid.' And I got them."
"It's such a wonderful gift to be an actor who makes her living working on the Broadway stage and then every 30 years or so picks up one of these. I was afraid to write a speech, because I had written a couple before and they never made it out of my purse. So I'm going to use one of the old ones and add a few names."
"If you're in the woods some place far from any human habitation it is a good idea to wear orange and carry a gun, otherwise ... it might appear that you don't know what you're doing, that you're just wandering the Earth with no particular reason for being here and no particular place to go."
"Writing is better than acting. You get to use your words and you don't need to be there eight days a week. ... This moment beats the hell out of auditioning for 'JAG,'" he said, referring to the former TV series.
"You realize that I'm higher than the mama from 'Osage County.'"
"I think I'm going to turn it into a necklace."
"This has to be one of the happiest days of my life. This is just great. I mean, I can't believe it. ... And I can truthfully say: I LOVE NEW YORK."
"One wonders if there are actual prisoners who are watching the Tony show tonight. Talk about a new minority. Well, if so, I imagine they're a little upset, and so are we."
"This is unbelievable. Liza Minnelli ... wow."
"It is like the best prom ever, dude."