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"I think people want to stay home and run movies with their whole family at home. It become a family hobby instead of going out to the theater, sad to say. But I think it's very good because it reaches millions that would never see these movies."
"If you have a secret, keep it to yourself."
"I have over five thousand costumes and props and cars, and I have a twenty-five thousand square foot warehouse full of memorabilia."
"When I was doing theater in the 1950's, 60's and 70's we weren't allowed to film any of the shows that I did, it was against union rules. It was a stupid law, because so much is lost. We now have no record of these famous stage plays, so it turned out to be very narrow-minded thinking."
"Gene Kelly was a great dancer and I was lucky to be in 'Singin' in the Rain.' He was my teacher when I was 17 years old, when he was 37 years old. He taught me everything."
"The young people today are really so creative and talented - I mean, the ones who are really are and they get together and produce and create. They're an entirely different breed from what I was when I was their age."
"I'm just a movie fan. I used to go to the movies just to watch movies."
"One take, so you better be ready and you better be good. One take and that was it. It was something that was spontaneous. Both Sid Caesar and Jackie Gleason was like that as well."
"My belief also is that Marilyn Monroe passed away long before she should have left us."
"I don't think it's the fans, I think it's the fact that they get paid a lot of money for a picture of you doing something wrong. They don't seem to be interested in anything good any more.I think people appreciate what you do."
"I loved working with Bette Davis. Bette Davis was great to work with and a wonderful teacher, and very kind to me. We became good friends."
"I'll be like Irving Berlin: "There's no business like show business.""
"I lead such a boring life."
"Marilyn Monroe was taken advantage of by most of the men that knew her, including Frank Sinatra and Joe DiMaggio, whom I also knew very well."
"It's sad when you see someone do really well and then you just don't hear about them anymore."
"I've always had life threats, and they've always been for real."
"We now have no record of these famous stage plays, so it turned out to be very narrow-minded thinking."
"I just keep traveling and doing live shows."
"I'm very strict with myself. I'm an Aries and sort of a challenge to myself."
"Every performer should learn a little bit of everything. Most performers today only play the guitar."