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My musical development stopped when Frank Sinatra died.

Frank Sinatra taught me how to do him. It took me seven years to master him. He would tell me, tap your foot, Rich, and don't forget to grasp your sleeve.

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

I actually started singing those songs six or seven years ago, when I was an opening act for Frank Sinatra.

My first job was an AFI short film, 'Chasing Daylight,' when I was 11, and I made a couple of commercials that never aired.

I made lots of short films, about nine or ten short films. And then I made a television film called 'This Little Life.'

If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a song called 'I Am A Singer', but I rewrote the words for Frank. I was in tears and, when he got up, so was he.

The high point for me in my career was when Sinatra called me his favourite performer in the Fifties. And I've been sold out ever since.

I made three short films of my own which I wrote, produced, directed... you did everything in those days. My favourite one was something I shot on VHS... a little documentary.

I was in the movies. I danced, I sang, I learned to work in front of a camera. It was like being in a repertory company.