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...TU: No, not really. I mean, I've been doing it for so long now. But you know what, I'm so sick of political correctness in American comedy-you know the black shows here, the white shows here. Why can't we all just work together...
...TU: Oh yeah...
...TU: Yeah, I do get sick of that question. If it's funny, it's funny. It's so integrated now. I've been living here since 1982 so I myself feel integrated here. The only thing I don't do is vote-I'm not a citizen, just a green card girl. But I don't think I'm missing that much there. [laughs] I feel like I have an international viewpoint-I'm in with that group, Toppa Gigio, Nanamus Scurry, Celine Dion, the best! I just travel around, I don't even know where I live anymore...
...TU: I used to write to him, you know. I used to write silly notes. And I hate pushing myself -but I always used to go have tea with Juliet Taylor, his casting director and another friend of mine, Julie Kavner, slipped him a tape of mine years ago. And the feedback I heard he gave was, "She's funny from the inside." And I was just overwhelmed. Because he made such an impact on me when I saw Broadway Danny Rose. I had just come to live in America and all I had really seen was "The Facts...
...TU: It struck me when I read the script - I was like, "These aren't Jews." Jewish people also wouldn't like people telling them what to do - like Frenchy pushing Ray around and Frenchy going to Hugh and asking him for an "education." The Jews would be like, "Hey, I'm fabulous." They have a lot more confidence than the Winklers have. Though I have to say, my dream would be to play retired Jews in Boca Raton. [laughing] The movie's called Retired Jews in Retirement. Me and Woody. The condo would be beautiful...