Carol Kane

I try to construct some kind of backstory for my character so that I have an idea of the life of that character - not just from the moment when the scene starts, but from before.

When you're doing a legitimate play, if you have a company of 12, it's considered a big cast.

I don't like somebody saying to me in their performance, 'Look at this. Isn't this funny?' I pray that I don't do that. I'm sure I fall off the horse every once in a while, but I try not to.

I was taught by a lot of great comedy writers to go for the reality in a role, and the comedy will come through.

I think it's nourishing to do both comedy and drama.

Taxi' made a big difference because it got me into comedy.

I was this extremely dramatic actress. And then, suddenly, I was doing comedy.

New York, to me, even though I grew up here, there's something magical about it. I remember, every time I used to go to L.A. for work, when I'd come back and get off the plane and be driving towards the landscape of the city, I'd be beside myself with joy. It doesn't matter how many times!

Life is very cyclical. And my career has been very-high-very-low, very-high-very-low, and I think it'll probably keep on rolling that way.

It's like life: you have both comedy and drama. There's a balance, and I'm lucky enough to have it in my work.

Work is the most nourishing thing so far in my life.

Buses and subways are this remarkable social club. You talk to people you wouldn't normally talk to.