I had no idea of being a star, all I knew was that I wanted to be a great actress, I wanted to work as an actress. So I thought the way I would be a great actress was to sing and dance first. Lay a foundation - get my foot in the door, and then undoubtedly, of course, I would be offered great roles as soon as I grew up enough to handle them.

Cherish forever what makes you unique, 'cuz you're really a yawn if it goes.

I've always said we got married because there was nothing on TV.

Here I am, one of the most colorful women of my time - if not of my block - being made to sound positively legumelike in printed interviews.

As you age, feelings do diminish.

Do I understand this right? I'm being marked down?

It's the one who won't be taken that cannot seem to give, and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.