The first time I was in his office was when they called me in to tell me they had changed my name. I had a feeling that if I'd gone along with the name they'd chosen, I'd never be seen again. I'd be swallowed up by that name, because it was a false name: Kit Marlowe.

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

I always felt Jimmy was trapped in Hollywood. He felt it himself. He loved aviation so much and he wanted to be able to do more of that. He somehow just got stuck here.

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

I don't feel that I was a Hollywood-created star.

My security comes from my senses, my sensing the direction I should go and suddenly I felt out of tune, out of step with what other people wanted or what other people expected of me.

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