I began as a true beginner, not knowing how to dance or perform. I just entered a local contest in town as a joke, because if you entered you got a free blouse and scarf.

I always found that kind of hard, and even though Gene Kelly was also a taskmaster, Bobby [Fosse] was tougher.

A lot of people don't feel like doing very much. Or one project is really all they can do at one time. I can have five or six things going at the same time. It doesn't bother me or tire me, but sometimes it does rattle me.

My belief also is that Marilyn Monroe passed away long before she should have left us.

I have the largest private collection in the world [of Hollywood memorabilia].

I don't think anything I could ever do could make Gene Kelly look better than he was.

I just keep traveling and doing live shows.