24 Quotes by Dinah Manoff

I remember unbelievable tension in our home. There were lots of meetings, lots of worries. I remember my father told me I had to be careful of what I said on the phone because it was tapped. And I remember how his friends adored and revered him.

I sure don't miss going out on auditions!

I started acting as a way to support myself.

Mother was so good that I was defeated even before I started to be an actress. I thought I could never make it unless I spent years in the Actors Studios, went on the blacklist and lived in New York, as she did.

I loved being a troublemaker. At Santa Monica High, I would smoke on campus, go barefoot, anything.

I'm clean and sober.