“One of the students on [Abbott Elementary] looked at me, and they said ‘Miss Ralph, I have been watching you my whole life.’ And I had to say, thank you for those seven good years. (laughs) I am just so thrilled with the fact that there’s so many generations, decades of my career, that I can sometimes tell how old people are by what it is they love. I know if they love Dreamgirls, the original musical, they’re approaching 40 and above. I know that if they’re talking about Sister Act 2, they’re in their 30s. I know that if they’re talking about Ray Donovan, heck they could be any age. And I know that if it’s Abbott Elementary, well, it’s the right now of it all.”
