I did win [on a contest]. And that started me on a new path, and into show business.

Weight has never been a problem with me because when you dance, it just stays off.

It's sad when you see someone do really well and then you just don't hear about them anymore.

One take, so you better be ready and you better be good. One take and that was it. It was something that was spontaneous. Both Sid Caesar and Jackie Gleason was like that as well.

The young people today are really so creative and talented - I mean, the ones who are really are and they get together and produce and create. They're an entirely different breed from what I was when I was their age.

I have over 5000 costumes, and the furniture and memorabilia that goes with them.

[Las Vegas in the early 1960] was thrilling, exciting... I would describe it as very Parisian.