Acclaimed actress Kelly Bishop is known for her iconic roles in Broadway’s A Chorus Line, the hit movie Dirty Dancing, and the beloved TV series Gilmore Girls as Emily Gilmore, but she didn’t always plan to grace the silver screen.

Throughout the majority of her career in the entertainment industry, beginning with her Broadway debut in 1975, Kelly Bishop was not interested in being in the public eye. The dancer turned actress, best known for her roles in A Chorus Line,

Kelly Bishop is “having fun,” she tells The Daily Beast’s Obsessed on an August phone call. “Because I’m talking, and I’m famous for talking,” she quips. Bishop talks at the pace of a Gilmore Girl and has danced from stage to screen with grace.