When someone's acting for a scene, they can fool the camera. But in everyday life, unless you're watching and censoring yourself every minute, or spending all your time in the company of ladies, what you feel is bound to show in your eyes.
People would read all kinds of reaction into it, but Tracy told me himself that half the time he was just standing very still, trying to look sober and composed. That takes nothing away from him. The fact he got away with it was a tribute to his talent.
George Murphy tagged that name 'Butch' on me years ago. We were all at a party and he went around tagging names on people that didn't fit them.
Due to a big bust in Cuba, my father's business suffered badly, so I was free to choose my own career. I became a professional dancer, and I went on the road and started making real money.
I'm satisfied to go in at the bottom - that's the best way to learn what things are all about.
I had to keep from laughing when a male relative of mine became concerned about how often I danced.
You knew everybody at all the studios and you saw them often.
That is perceptive of you, because in this country men dancers have always been viewed with suspicion. If you were an actor, a star, and a dancer, you had to be, or have a name like someone 'mainstream.'
I can't date women my own age any more - I hate going to cemeteries.
George Raft may or may not have gone both ways, but he was very sensitive to what they said about him, and it was one factor why he decided to play all those gangsters in the movies.
I was wearing corn plasters above and below my toes and taping my ankles twice.
They would glue the wig to the front of my forehead, and after a while it would give me a headache.
I should remember more, and I have a pretty good memory.
They say the camera never lies. It lies every day.
Sometimes, I wonder what I'm doing here.
Valentino was apparently gay or bisexual. And his two lesbian wives. But without any question, he had sex with men. From choice. So he was one or the other.
