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

We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly.

I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home

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

People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal.

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

I get very nervous whenever I think about it. I've never done a serious play, and I have such awe of the woman - she's really my only idol. It's going to be a big stretch - certain people come out on stage and your face muscles automatically tense and you get ready to smile.