I've always preferred animals to little girls or boys. I had my first horse - actually it was a Newfoundland pony - when I was three, and I loved riding, without anyone shackling me - riding bareback as fast as I could.

I really don't remember much about Cleopatra. There were a lot of other things going on.

I think I ended up being the scarlet woman partly because of my rather puritannical upbringing and beliefs. I always chose to think I was in love and that love was synonymous with marriage.

Clark Gable was the epitome of the movie star - so romantic, such bearing, such friendliness.

I wear perfume even when I’m alone

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.

I believe in the difference between men and women. In fact, I embrace the difference.