I took speech training. I took a few voice lessons in college.

Speech lessons probably did more for my singing voice - they teach you breathing, resonance.

I don't believe in singing lessons. You can sing or you can't.

The first film I ever remember - I think my mother took me to it - was called 'She Married Her Boss' with Melvyn Douglas.

I sang barber shop harmony and sort of got into performing. And it just came naturally. Then, when I was in college after the war, I did a play, 'Pygmalion,' by George Bernard Shaw. And from then on, I knew that's what I wanted to do.

I watch television. Game shows - I hate the hosts and the people on them, and I love the questions and the answers.