Nell: When I was growing up, it was not something you aspired to. I was a weirdo to want to be in show business. Most kids wanted to be teachers or nurses.
Nell: Being diabetic was not what I thought of as being normal, and I feared the stigma of having to take medicine and having people stick me with a needle.
Nell: I was at a Liza Minelli concert, when I hit my 'rock bottom'. I could barely stand, had no idea of where I was, or where I was going, thank God I got help. God and Liza Minelli.