I think there is certainly luck and fate involved in any career of any kind. In show business, maybe it's even more true.
When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem.
I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though.
Karl Malden was quite a mentor. He taught me things he had learned from being in front of a camera so long.
If you're onstage and you're improvising and nothing's happening, people are racing for the door. But the director can go shopping later and pick up pieces and moments and insert them.