Carol Burnett has no plans to slow down anytime soon.
Speaking with Extra at the premiere of her new show “Palm Royale” on Apple TV+, Burnett made it clear that she plans to work in the industry for as long as possible.
“I always approach it as something new that I've never done before, so I'm happy to be working and have all my parts,” she told the outlet. “I've got my hips and my knees, and I guess my brain, so as long as I can keep it up and work, then I want to work.”
The legendary TV icon will celebrate his 91st birthday on April 26 and told Extra that the best birthday gift would be a second season of his new show, explaining: “That will keep me working, which I like. Yes, as long as I have fun and that's what I want.”
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Burnett hopes to continue working as long as he can. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage)
The new miniseries follows a newcomer to Palm Beach, Florida, as she attempts to break into the city's high society scene. The series also stars Kristen Wiig, Allison Janney, Kaia Gerber and Ricky Martin.
“When they called me to do it, I didn't even have to read the script,” Burnett told Extra. “I said, 'I'm in,' because of who I was going to work with, and that was it. And then I read the script, and that was the icing on the cake.”
While her character enjoys the occasional cocktail that Martin's character serves her, Burnett shared that she “likes[s] a cosmopolitan.”
Burnett became a legend in the television world when she landed her own variety show on CBS in 1967, “The Carol Burnett Show,” becoming one of the few women to have her own show in a male-dominated industry. The show ran for over a decade and went off the air in 1978.
Burnett's variety show ran for more than a decade, from 1967 to 1978. (Photo by CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)
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The show earned Burnett 10 Emmy nominations with three wins, plus numerous other wins and nominations for other projects. During the filming of the show, Burnett would send her grandmother a special signal by pulling her left ear as she said goodbye to the audience, something she later became known for.
In 2019, Burnett became the inaugural winner of the Carol Burnett Award for lifetime achievement in television, with subsequent recipients including Ellen Degeneres, Norman Lear and Ryan Murphy.
Her “Palm Royale” co-stars were more than happy to work with Burnett, and Wiig told People, “She's a huge inspiration” to everyone on set, for “everything she did for every single person.” [and] every woman.”
“We had dinner and talked and texted, and she's so funny. I clicked with her yesterday and she was making everyone laugh. And I'm a better person since I've known her. I just love her,” Wiig said. “I literally said today, 'I still can't believe we work together. I want to verify that it's her. I said, 'It's Carol, right? Yeah, I mean, it's Carol.'”
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Wiig says she can't believe she had the opportunity to work with Burnett. (Photo by Steve Granitz/FilmMagic)
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The first three episodes of “Palm Royale” will premiere on March 20, and new episodes will be released every Wednesday until May 8.
