I had to be extremely strong to fight off Mr Hitchcock. He was so insistent and obsessive, but I was an extremely strong young woman, and there was no way he was going to get the better of me.

I kinda go for the Jane Eyre type of film. I am fascinated by classics.

So I do have to work, you know, and I find as many movies and TV shows that I can, because otherwise I wouldn't have an income.

Working with Chaplin was very amusing and strange. His films are so funny, but working with him, I found him to be a very serious man. Whereas the films of Hitchcock are macabre, he could be a very funny man to work with, always telling jokes and holding court. Of course, when I worked with Charlie he was getting older.

To be the object of someone's obsession is horrible.

Hitchcock had a charm about him. He was very funny at times. He was incredibly brilliant in his field of suspense.

I kind of look at my modeling career and the Alfred Hitchcock years as stepping stones to what I'm doing now.