My mother was against me being an actress - until I introduced her to Frank Sinatra.

Growing older doesn't bother me.

I dress for women and I undress for men.

I played poker every Saturday night for 35 years with him and Lenore, ... I loved them beyond the music. If Mrs. Gershwin were here today, she would say, 'Isn't this peachy?'

President Kennedy loved the entertainment world, ... We were asking him -- he was newly in office -- a lot of political questions and he said, 'Hey, I don't want to talk politics, I want to talk movies!' And he loved to talk movies, so certainly he loved being with Frank, because Frank was the most exciting man there was to be around.

They were larger than life all the time. That was no act.