I love all the shows that encourage people to love, appreciate and help animals. There are more programs about animals than ever, and that pleases me.

Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit

If there is a heaven, I'm sure Rock Hudson is there because he was such a kind person.

I don't know if I want to get married again.

I couldn't walk for almost three years. That was the greatest thing that happened. Instead of dancing, I sang.

Well I do find the beauty in animals. I find beauty everywhere. I find beauty in my garden.

The succession of cheerful, period musicals I made, plus Oscar Levant's widely publicized remark about my virginity, contributed to what has been called my "image", which is a word that baffles me. There never was any intent on my part either in my acting or in my private life to create any such thing as an image.