I adored my birth father and constantly worried that I was being disloyal to him and his schoolteacher roots if I spent too much time performing and enjoying it.
I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career.
I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.
I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.
I hate the word wholesome.
I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.
I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well.
I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on.
I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.
Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.
Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands.
I am an optimistic lady.
I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.
I've got a good right hook.
If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.