'Flying Down to Rio' established RKO as a leader in musical film production throughout the 1930s. The film helped to rescue the studio from its financial straits and it gave a real boost to my movie career.

I try to feed my hunger rather than my appetite.

I yearned for a long, happy marriage with one person.

Gossip is hardly uplifting.

Part of the joy of dancing is conversation. Trouble is, some men can't talk and dance at the same time.

My mother was a journalist, so writing is not unnatural to me.

If I've learned any one lesson from life, it's this: If you don't stand for something, you will stand for anything.