So, I certainly subscribe to what Bette said about acting being very hard work.

I knew I had a great figure, but I never regarded myself as beautiful.

But painting can be too lonely... I like being with people too much to have ever made that my life's work.

I thought my nose was too prominent so I had this corrected via plastic surgery in 1959.

Elisha Cook was a darling, and full of the devil. A wired - up little fellow who was always busy, busy, busy.

So, I certainly subscribe to what Bette said about acting being very hard work.

Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stella Adler, who was marvelous! - but in my earlier years, I couldn't afford to do this.