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Occupation: Actress.

Birthday: Aug. 13.

Birthplace: Queens, New York.

Current homes: Manhattan and Los Angeles.

Marital status: Single, but I don’t think my public cares.

Car: A new black T-bird, loaded, including a Gucci license plate.

Working on: Hosting Comedy Central’s “Musical Shorts,” which is airing this summer, starring in Woody Allen’s movie “Bullets Over Broadway” and shooting Spike Lee’s “Clockers.”

The last good movie I saw: “Mi Vida Loca.”

The books I’ve been reading: “Before Night Falls,” by Reinaldo Arenas, Greek mythology and Ann-Margret’s biography.

Favorite pigout food: Hard candy.

Nickname: Slim.

Prized possession: I collect ’50s and ’60s Lady Schick shavers.

Personal heroes: Lucille Ball and Edith Piaf.

I’ve never been able to: There’s not much I haven’t been able to do.

I’m better than anyone else when it comes to: Eyebrows.

If I could do it over, I’d: Have been less abusive to myself, but it’s all paid off somehow.

A really great day to me is: Going to the flea market.

The worst advice my parents ever gave me: I had cool parents, but I took what they said with a grain of salt anyway.

The one thing I can’t stand is: Dirt. I’m a clean freak.

My most irrational act: There have been many, but nothing I’d like to share with the public.

The best time of my life: The late ’70s. It was a wild, free time. I wasn’t worried about a lot of things.

The worst time of my life: The ’80s, when AIDS hit.

Behind my back, my friends say: “Why doesn’t she ever return phone calls?”

Major accomplishment: Being alive.

Three words that best describe me: Funny, neurotic and compassionate.