Why does jazz dance get such a bad rap?
LM: Because it sounds corny. Jaaazz dance. You know—it’s not ballet. There is no such thing as jazz hands and jazz dance. Luigi has never called it jazz dance. He calls it jazz technique. TONY: You’ve played a lot of strong, vivacious women. Is there a character against type you’d like to play? LM: I’m really lucky enough that any time I’ve played a good character well, they say, “Gee, we didn’t know she could do that. We didn’t know she was funny!” Like with Arrested Development. So I’ve been very lucky. Everybody thinks you’re like what you play, which is the ultimate compliment, I guess. TONY: Would you ever be on Dancing with the Stars? LM: No. I watch it all the time. I call. Don’t you? TONY: I don’t call. The problem is, I’m always at shows—so I have to tape it. I’m not lying. LM: Okay. George Hamilton taught me how to ballroom dance. I was so in love with George Hamilton; when my father made Home from the Hill, it was Robert Mitchum, George Peppard and George Hamilton, and I had
