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.

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'm 86 and my doctor used to tell me to slow down - at least he did until he dropped dead.

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.

You knew everybody at all the studios and you saw them often.

They would glue the wig to the front of my forehead, and after a while it would give me a headache.