Only I know my life.

The most important thing in anyone's life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun and joy and happiness. This is my gift.

My first picture was Kitty Foyle. It was my mother who made all those films with Fred Astaire.

I’ve got enough nerve to do anything!

While I was making my solo films, RKO was busily trying to get me and Fred Astaire back together. The studio wanted to capitalize on the success of ‘Flying Down to Rio’ and realized that the pairing of Rogers and Astaire had moneymaking potential.

I had been making films for almost ten years, and the head men at RKO thought of me only in terms of musicals. I found no fault with that, except I just couldn’t stand being typed or pigeonholed as only a singing and dancing girl. I wanted to extend my range.

During my seven-year contract with RKO, there were seven different studio presidents, from David O. Selznick to Charles W. Koerner. You literally had to check the name on the door so as not to call the new boss by the former boss’s name.

Like most actors, I’ve always been grateful for Chinese restaurants; they were often the only places that stayed open late enough for performers to get hot food after the show.

Even married people have differences of opinion, I’m told.

I don’t know which I like best. I love the applause on the stage. But pictures are so fascinating – you reach many millions through them. And you make more money too.