Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.

Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician

I was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912. But what difference does it make as long as I feel 33?

I've never suffered stage fright. That fascinates people.

Now what kind of an attitude is that, 'These things happen?' They only happen because this whole country is just full of people who, when these things happen, they just say, 'These things happen,' and that's why they happen! We gotta have control of what happens to us.

Of my four marriages, the one to Bob Levitt is the only one I don't regret