I arrived in Hollywood and lived much of my life in America, but the fans did not really know me.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I came to Hollywood and nobody knew me. I was on a coupla TV shows.
Everybody told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place they said I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.
I'm a very private person, a very bookish person. The social world of Hollywood I know nothing about because I choose not to take part.
My upbringing was very un-Hollywood... I was born in New York and grew up on a ranch. I was never really smitten by the business in those days, never a fan type - just a basic kid watching TV.
I had a growing career as a model and an actress in London - I had starred opposite Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier in 'The Wilby Conspiracy' - but everyone told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place, they said, and I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.
I don't live in Hollywood. I don't have celebrities as friends. I like them, but I don't pal around with them. I just live in the Midwest, a real normal world.
Hollywood has been an enormous part of my life, as I know it has been for countless fans all over the world.
I never really worked in Hollywood. Some American producers came to Europe to shoot films with me, so it's a different situation... It was not my aim.
People just assume that if you're famous, you're in Hollywood.
I decided that, somehow, I had to get out of there and go to Hollywood. I had never been to America.