I look for the humor of Mrs. Oleson. She was originally painted as just black-and-white mean. Anyone that mean has to be a fool. So I began mixing farce into it. I think the audience counts on seeing Mrs. Oleson fall on her fanny and get her comeuppance.
I see myself as a good actress with good instincts. I studied with the best teachers in the country, Sanford Meisler and Stella Adler. She taught me to go for the universal. When Mrs. Oleson falls on her rear, that's a universal.
