The make up took about an hour to put on, but the wig was a thing that bothered me more than anything else.
I was wearing corn plasters above and below my toes and taping my ankles twice.
Valentino was apparently gay or bisexual. And his two lesbian wives. But without any question, he had sex with men. From choice. So he was one or the other.
Bugsy Siegel. The mobster with the beautiful blue eyes.
If my father's business hadn't gone broke, I'd be exporting nuts, bolts and sugar machinery right now. What an awful thought!
George Raft may or may not have gone both ways, but he was very sensitive to what they said about him, and it was one factor why he decided to play all those gangsters in the movies.
George Murphy tagged that name 'Butch' on me years ago. We were all at a party and he went around tagging names on people that didn't fit them.
I can't date women my own age any more - I hate going to cemeteries.
Now I don't know half of the young people in the industry. It's too spread out, too diffuse.
Well, you know what they say in Hollywood - the most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it.
If you can believe it, Hollywood wanted to change my birthdate. I was born after Valentine's Day, so they wanted to change it to February 14. A Latin lover should be born on Valentine's Day. I said no.
The Thin Man was a good break, because it was highly popular. I played a gigolo in it.
I should only have been as lucky as Valentino, in the movies - I didn't have to be a gigolo. In real life.
I should remember more, and I have a pretty good memory.
They would glue the wig to the front of my forehead, and after a while it would give me a headache.
But by the time I was 40, everything was winding down. It started after the war. On the plus side, there was more more products and technology. But for me the nightlife was winding down, the glamour, the fun.
We Latins make splendid lovers and splendid older men.
That is perceptive of you, because in this country men dancers have always been viewed with suspicion. If you were an actor, a star, and a dancer, you had to be, or have a name like someone 'mainstream.'
I know Raft did have some genuine affairs with actresses.
Due to a big bust in Cuba, my father's business suffered badly, so I was free to choose my own career. I became a professional dancer, and I went on the road and started making real money.
