The most important tool of my trade was a mirror.

We started by playing girls who only married at the end of the picture. We didn't play wives. That came later. But the most dreadful thing was when a star had to play a mother. That was the beginning of her professional end.

It used to be that when an actress reached thirty, she was considered almost washed up.

That Shaw is the most egotistical thing! He hogged the camera and spent more time with the hairdresser and the makeup man than any actor on the lot!

I have matured with the realization that I can live without a man!

Artie said it would be nice if we got married. I said it would be nice, too. The next thing I knew, we were on our way to Las Vegas.

When he would give you direction, it was not sitting in a chair saying, 'Hey, babe! Do this and that and the other thing.' Mr. Sirk would ask, 'May I speak with you?' and sit down and say, 'I think this should be done this way. And how do you feel about it? Do you feel it that way?'

Cheryl's artistically inclined. She draws and sketches, but I don't know about acting.

I started off wanting one husband and seven children, but it ended up the other way around.

Oh, how I treasure this freedom. I really do It's a glorious, wonderful experience. I am off marriage - for life!