John Cassavetes was there at night while I was working. After they [with his friends] discussed as much live TV as they felt they needed to, they started improvising scenes just for the fun of it and one of those scenes everybody got very interested in and it turned into Shadows [1959]. That movie was entirely improvised.

Every sacred cow in the business has to do with economics.

Of course, much easier to do a film when you're doing an extremely emotional part than it is doing it onstage over and over especially.

When I went to my parents I was at the University of Wisconsin, and I just couldn't wait anymore to go be an actress.

If I have something I like to forget, then I forget it.

John Cassavetes was there at night while I was working. After they [with his friends] discussed as much live TV as they felt they needed to, they started improvising scenes just for the fun of it and one of those scenes everybody got very interested in and it turned into Shadows [1959]. That movie was entirely improvised.

He[John Cassavetes] was just being an actor. A very successful actor, especially in live TV. He did many wonderful performances.