I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?

I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable.

It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting.

If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything

We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.