[W]hat I do is not mimicry or an impersonation, but more of an assimilation - Julie Kavner

I was brought up not to be selfish or self-centered. So if you play somebody who isn't so lovable, you can play that person and no one will turn on you.

As an actor you can't approach the character with that kind of awareness or it plays as 'I hate myself.' Dottie thought she had a right to her life and that was tricky to play.

I’m very, very private; I don’t enjoy talking about myself to strangers...Particularly strangers with tapes going.