Henry Fonda gave me a spanking during a scene in Spencer's Mountain.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We made one film called Thy Neighbor's Wife in which I got flogged at the public whipping post for adultery. I did my best acting in that film, I guess.
I knew Henry Fonda was my father, but I didn't know who I was. They all thought of me as Henry Fonda's son. Unfortunately for them, they never got to know me.
I loved what I did. I remember cruel mothers who would pinch their children to make them cry in a scene, but my mother encircled me with affection.
My dad used to give me a lot of spankings. Anything I did wrong, he was on me. I was raised by a strict disciplinarian. He kind of laid down the law.
When Clark Gable kissed me, they had to carry me off the set.
I remember doing the sex scene in Red Rock West. I had to kiss Nic Cage and then look like I was going down on him. And he couldn't do anything - he just had to lie there.
I got the boot once from Stanley Donen. The film was called The Little Prince.
I had one day with him, and he was asleep in the scene, but I told my entire family that I was in a scene with Michael Caine.
I must have had faith that day. When I went out, I was Henry Fonda again. An unemployed actor but a man.
Cary Grant and I were doing a play in New York. He had a crush on me. Whenever we went to a party, he would always sit on the floor beside me. I thought that was kind of beautiful, like that's where he wanted to be.