That is perceptive of you, because in this country men dancers have always been viewed with suspicion. If you were an actor, a star, and a dancer, you had to be, or have a name like someone mainstream.

They would glue the wig to the front of my forehead, and after a while it would give me a headache.

I should only have been as lucky as Valentino, in the movies - I didnt have to be a gigolo. In real life.

I should remember more, and I have a pretty good memory.

I can't date women my own age any more - I hate going to cemeteries.

The Thin Man was a good break, because it was highly popular. I played a gigolo in it.

But by the time I was 40, everything was winding down. It started after the war. On the plus side, there was more more products and technology. But for me the nightlife was winding down, the glamour, the fun.