I was born in Everett; I went through grade school in Everett, high school in Seattle.

I had had no art training.

The only thing I did at RKO of any note was lose my Texas accent.

I was the first movie star to plunge into night-time soap opera.

Television wasn't prestigious.

Sinatra asked me out.

My father was a minister, so I was a P.K., a preacher's kid.