It's quite an experience to have filming done in your house. When they come in, they photograph every piece of furniture and where it is so they can get them back exactly where you had them. You'd never know they'd been here.

I always feel a rise in my scalp or in the backs of my wrists when something is special, whether it be a song or a man.

Your skin, and your whole body, goes into repair mode when you sleep.

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

If so many people love me, how come I'm alone?

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.

It is heartbreaking to see so many animals in distress through the Gulf Coast region. Many of them are frightened, confused, hungry, dehydrated and lost.