The one appearance that I made for President Kennedy, he, as I understand, had his choice or was asked to make a list of the people he would like to have perform, and I was fortunate enough to be one of them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I had the fixation that comes with being a Kennedy to be a great man on the big stage.
Kennedy was a man who liked writers and even I got invited to the White House.
I'm a product of the Kennedy era. Kennedy's Inaugural plus the accident of Dean Rusk brought me into the government. Those were my values.
I guess my claim to fame is I've now gaveled Ted Kennedy to order twice.
I decided that I was going to be the Kennedy who makes her own name and finds her own job and works like a dog. My comeuppance was when Arnold got elected - I became the Kennedy who was married to the governor.
Television has an awful lot to do with the Kennedy mystique and the fact that he's frozen in people's minds at the age of 46, and he was handsome and personable and witty and charming.
Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth. Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility.
On several occasions President Kennedy encouraged me to take a lover, an obvious sign he also had some himself.
I made four films on John F. Kennedy, filmed when he was running for office, in office, and after his death.
I would've loved Jack Kennedy. I would've loved to have campaigned for him and supported him. I wish there were more like him today.