I enlisted when I was a boy. The Navy looked after me like my mother. It fed me, took care of me and gave me wonderful opportunities.

Marilyn Monro wasn't the brightest person in the world - that didn't make a difference one way or the other - but she was giving and kind. And that's what got her in trouble. She was so giving and kind to all of these people she met that she found herself doing these things that she didn't want to do.

I've just opened a show in Florida, although I also have many pieces on display around the world.

We're all brought up in a world that isn't the best place for us to be in once in a while. There are so many problems and we try to overcome them all.

Hollywood ... the most sensational merry-go-around ever built.

I was born in and worked in a period that could be called enviable.

I will always remember this summer day in Paris, when I was to perform a great acrobatic move. I can still see myself stepping on the ring of a packed circus along real performers.