Screen legend Carol Burnett reflected on her career - and even shared some details about her personal life - more than seven decades after getting her start in Hollywood. Burnett, 92, went from dreams of becoming a journalist to taking on Broadway before she became a sitcom star. However, rejection was one thing she never took personally. The acting legend always knew she would make it big. "I can't remember what I was auditioning for. Might have been a commercial or something. ... I was just starting out, and it was kind of narrowed down to between me and another girl.