My mouth was too large, my eyes turned out, and my legs mere toothpicks.
Howard Hughes was obsessed with me. But at first it seemed as if he were offering me a superb career opportunity.
I love making movies, but I was ready to rationalize being only a mother if my career never got back on track.
I didn't want the children to grow up and, when asked what their mother did, say, 'Oh, Mom's a gun moll in the movies.'
I'd always wanted to be an actress, and suddenly I knew that learning to control my facial muscles was one of the best assets I could have as a performer.
Emotions often must be portrayed from an inner feeling, of course, but I had a double advantage because I was learning to direct my as-yet expressionless feelings as well as gaining an ability to express emotion by a very conscious manipulation of my muscles.
