Marie Windsor

“I thought my nose was too prominent so I had this corrected via plastic surgery in 1959.”

“I had to do a tango with Raft and I learned to dance in ballet shoes with my knees bent.”

“So, I certainly subscribe to what Bette said about acting being very hard work.”

“But painting can be too lonely... I like being with people too much to have ever made that my life's work.”

“For instance, it was very rare for anyone there with dogs to allow them into the house.”

“Raft told me how to walk with him in a scene: We'd start off in a long shot normal, and about the time we got together in a close-up, I'd be bending my knees so I'd be shorter.”

“Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stella Adler, who was marvelous! - but in my earlier years, I couldn't afford to do this.”

“The way animals were and are abused appalls me to this very day.”

“I can't remember anybody saying, Let's get this show on the road.”

“I didn't know I was doing film noir, I thought they were detective stories with low lighting!”

“The scene where I took my eyelashes off we did in two takes.”

“My forehead is sometimes too high, but bangs could correct this.”

“Elisha Cook was a darling, and full of the devil. A wired - up little fellow who was always busy, busy, busy.”

“Some actresses seem to thrive on chaos, and I've often wondered if they felt they had to be that way in order to perform well?”

“Most actors are insecure enough already without having a director who adds to that.”

“This has taught me that being pleasant is always so much more productive, for I know well the rewards for being good-natured.”

“About that time, stronger features became fashionable on the screen.”

“I'd been trying for all of the eight years we'd been married to have a child, and finally I did.”

“In '48 when I left Metro, I tried to go back to radio, but somehow just didn't do well at it.”

“It finally became clear to me that they had no hopes of my ever walking again.”