I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.

I've seen the ticket, and I still can't believe it. When I see the money, I hope I don't hit the floor.

You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.

From the time I was thirteen, there was a constant struggle between MGM and me - whether or not to eat, how much to eat, what to eat. I remember this more vividly than anything else about my childhood.

My father's death was the most terrible thing that happened to me in my life.