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

I was always opinionated.

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

As I said, I began losing confidence in my instincts, which is tough and very bad for an instinctive person.

I used Jimmy to give me what I needed to keep going and to know that I was on the right path with it. I thought I saw Jimmy's soul all the time we worked. He never covered his soul and I never covered mine. We saw into each other's souls, very definitely.

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

Harry Cohn did not make me. But I also feel that I probably didn't make me, either. I think it was a combination. I think that's what made it work.