About that time, stronger features became fashionable on the screen.

My forehead is sometimes too high, but bangs could correct this.

I'm 5 foot 9, and there were two stars in my life who didn't mind that I was taller than they - George Raft and John Garfield

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

About that time, stronger features became fashionable on the screen.

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.

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