I was always a little girl in my heart. As I grew older, I really felt like Greer Garson inside. But outside it didn't come out like that. [...]

I think it was physical. All the women were small in those days. The men were smaller, too, so taller women didn't get much of a chance. It was my looks and my voice, and I played menace very well. That's the way they saw me, and it was easy to do. [...]

It seemed very natural to me to be slinky and sexy. The June Allysons of the world can't be slinky and sexy. I've sort of given up and just accept it.