My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months.

At the age of ten, I thought if a boy kissed you on the lips, you would have a baby, and I surely wasn't the only youngster who believed that!

Girls can do everything men can do...just backwards and in heels

My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months.

I do everything the man does, only backwards and in high heels!

There's a verse in the Bible: 'Those who are barren have more children than those who give birth.' There are young people all over the world who come to me for advice and love. I have all the children I can handle.

I had been making films for almost ten years, and the head men at RKO thought of me only in terms of musicals. I found no fault with that, except I just couldn't stand being typed or pigeonholed as only a singing and dancing girl. I wanted to extend my range.