Henry Fonda gave me a spanking during a scene in Spencer's Mountain.

I dainty little lass I wasn't. I looked twice my age until I turned 10 or 11.

It turns out that our notions of what a 'self' is and how it might feel fulfilled have no more objective status than most of the rest of reality. It seems we make ourselves up as we go along.

I watch and listen to movies today and am shocked by the way actors deliver their lines. Everybody mumbles now and I don't understand why.

I don't remember having a crush on a boy when I was a girl. I don't even remember my first kiss.

I am like many of the women I have played onscreen.

As the 1960s began, a new breed of Hollywood leading lady was emerging. She was elegant, international, and wonderfully comedic.