I was seventeen and the star of my high school play. I was supposed to kiss my leading man, but I couldn't stand the guy. I really didn't want to kiss him. All during rehearsals, I refused to kiss him. Then my drama teacher told me, "If you don't kiss him on opening night, you'll flunk drama class. So I kissed him, and that was my first kiss.

I thought it was very important that femininity wasn't lost.

My father was a middle manager at an oil company, but I never knew anything about his work. Whatever business acumen I have just got gleaned over the years.

I was tired of playing the goodie-two-shoes.

I'm back to doing everything I used to, loving life as ever.

You know, when they called me about the role, I thought Knots Landing was a show about a houseboat with Andy Griffith!

One of my favorite movies is The Little Foxes.