If I ever stop working, I might have a problem. But I never seem to be able to stop working.

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

I loved going to films, but as far as a movie buff, when I came into the movies at 16, life changed a little bit for me, from an onlooker to a person that lived within the industry. So now I would call myself a different sort of fan.

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

I never dreamt of being in the movies. I was from a very average, I would say, a rather poor family, so my big treat was to work hard all week - I mowed lawns and babysat and washed dishes and washed cars - to go to the movies.

Years ago nudity was not done in the United States. But during that late 1950s era in Vegas it began at the Tropicana, and spread to the other venues. Now the showgirls are going away again and Cirque du Soleil, the magic acts and the animal acts reign in Las Vegas. But I don't think you'll completely lose the boobie shows.

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