I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that.

So, Hitchcock wouldn't say anything about my work in the movie but, on the other hand, he wouldn't complain, either.

I knew Rita Hayworth only enough to know that she was just a tender, sensitive, beautiful human being. A lovely person. Very gentle. She would never stand up for her rights.

We only did probably two, three takes on every scene we did, at the most.

Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name.

I loved acting, which was never about money, the fame. It was about a search for meaning. It was painful.

I didn't want to start relying on what someone else thought was right. It was easier to go away all together.