I never said, 'MMMmmm, you dirty rat!

Once a song and dance man, always a song and dance man. Those few words tell as much about me professionally as there is to tell.

There's not much to say about acting but this. Never settle back on your heels. Never relax. If you relax, the audience relaxes. And always mean everything you say.

I`m sick of carrying guns and beating up women.

I got a part as a chorus girl in a show called Every Sailor and I had fun doing it. Mother didn't really approve of it, through.

I never had the slightest difficulty with a fellow actor. Not until One, Two, Three. In that picture, Horst Buchholz tried all sorts of scene-stealing didoes. I came close to knocking him on his ass.

I never said, 'MMMmmm, you dirty rat!