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Comedy Trailblazer Carol Burnett On ‘Palm Royale’, Memories Of Robert Altman, Her Best Advice & The Part She’s Always Wanted
Carol Burnett on her 'Palm Royale' role, learning from Garry Moore and Robert Altman and why she wants Angelina Jolie to play her in the biopic.
Fortunately though, Norma recovers in time to rip through some seriously juicy scenes with Kristin Wiig, who names Burnett, who turned 91 in April, as her career inspiration. “When they told me who was going to be in it,” says Burnett, “Kristen Wiig and Allison Janney and Laura Dern and Ricky Martin and Julia Duffy, I said, ‘I don’t care what it is. When you think of a Jimmy Stewart or a Cary Grant or Barbara Stanwyck or Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, I could reel off all of those and there’s nobody today that is like that.
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