You do have to love your kids enough to let them hate you. But it's the disease that's hating you, not them.

In '57, I got a job at the Blue Angel nightclub, and a gentleman named Ken Welch wrote all my material for me. I lived at a place called the Rehearsal Club that was actually the basis for a play called Stage Door.

I always felt that I was more of an actress than a - I can't tell a joke to save my soul, but that I was a comedic actress.

But I don't begrudge anybody, because I know how hard it is to have that dream and to make it happen, whether or not it's just to put a roof over your head and food on the table.

I can't tell a joke to save my soul. It's just not my thing, though I love to listen to jokes.

I was once asked to do my Tarzan yell at Bergdorf Goodman, and a guard burst in with a gun! Now I only do it under controlled circumstances.

The first time someone said, 'What are your measurements?' I answered, '37, 24, 38 - but not necessarily in that order.'