Well, I was sort of a jack-of-all-trades in show business for a long time. I was a singer and a dancer and then I got a job as an actor.
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My dad's a lighting director. Growing up in Hollywood, I was around the entertainment industry all the time. I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.
I've had 79 to 80 years of show business. I started when I was 5 with a man called Tom Mix. I didn't have time to go to school because I was in silent movies, I was in radio, I was in burlesque, I worked with the circus. I'm all show business!
I eventually became an actor, starting with doing stand-up comedy in New York and then theater wherever they would let me. Finally, I moved out here to Los Angeles and got on a show.
I worked as a secretary, a waitress and a dance teacher - all in high school.
I studied business and also studied film, then I graduated, and I worked at a network. I was able to use my business skills there - I was an associate producer for a little bit.
My whole life, I always wanted to be an actor.
Originally I studied as a musician, a classical pianist. That was my career before I took up acting in my late 20s.
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.
Even though I was in close proximity to everything, it never really dawned on me to pursue a career in show business.
I came into the industry as an actor. And moved on to become a star with the help of my dancing skills.