Talented Performer Quotes

The closest to Hepburn is Cate Blanchett.

Meryl Streep is on the program tonight. I like to throw her a little work whenever I can.

Oh, I think Scarlett Johansson is a terrific actress. I think she's just marvelous.

Meryl [Streep] plays the me-ish character. I love Meryl. She's totally wonderful.

Octavia Spencer is, I think, one of the coolest people you will ever meet.

Frances Conroy - brilliant, brilliant actress.

Nina Dobrev makes my job easy, its hard not to melt when she looks at you with those doe eyes.

I respect Lady Gaga's work as an artist and as a fellow fashion icon. She is a very talented performer, playing the piano, singing live, and dancing, too.

Antonia Bernath is a sensational actress, a really, really fantastic girl.

Glen Cove. [Referring to Glenn Close on a movie review television show]

Gwen Stefani was just the most incredible frontwoman. She was the total cool girl.

I was pretty excited to meet Cate Blanchett. She's great, she's amazing, I think she's one of the most beautiful women in the universe. And I mean the universe, not the world.

Jennifer Lawrence is just the coolest girl. Everyone forgets how young she is because she's so together, such an old soul. She just gets it. She's one savvy chick.

Britney Spears was an incredible dancer. That kid was amazing.

I'll just be the first to say that Ken [Watanabe] should be a national treasure in Japan, because he is an unbelievably talented actor. You couldn't find more of a gentleman. He's sweet, he's kind and he's extremely thoughtful in the work that he does.

Kurt Russell is amazing. He's really nice. He's really funny. He's really professional, and it's great to see him work and to see someone who's done so many movies and who's so down to earth, it's great. I feel really lucky.

[John Hurt] just really gifted, and I had a great time working with him and [am] very lucky to have worked with him.

Frank Marth also played many characters with us, and like George Petrie, he was worth his weight in gold.

Gyrating J.R., pretty darn good!

My current role model is Beyonce. She is such a strong woman. She can do everything. She has kept herself together and has balanced her life perfectly. She is a great singer, great dancer and a great looker and is now a good mother and wife.

Rosario Dawson is such a resourceful, intelligent actress that you can do anything with her.

Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny ... and everything in between. But he was one of a kind.

Sam Kinison was one of the most compulsive people I'd ever seen. James Belushi was that way, and Chris Farley was that way. He was incredibly talented and made me laugh so hard, and there was nothing he wouldn't say. Such a unique, amazing, cynical, realistic, but still optimistic look at life he had. It was great fun to get to know him.

I will miss a good friend who was so talanted. He was such agreat performer/ guitar player. Sleep well Prince.