I've never cooked. I can't do much more in the kitchen than make a cup of tea and some toast.

I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals.

I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes.

Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living.

I was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912. But what difference does it make as long as I feel 33?

Afterwards, they always had tea in the kitchen, much the nicest room in the house.