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When I was a kid, I had ambitions for being a television announcer, which was before television took off, you know, in the late '40s. And just through necessity, going out looking for work, I was starting to sing, and dance, and act, and I never expected to do that, nor to have any success at it at least.

My intention of making acting a career was about being onstage.

I always wanted to perform in some capacity since I was a kid - I was a ballerina, then a singer before acting.

I performed and sang at school but as a child it was never anything I was interested in doing professionally.

My dreams and aspirations when I was a child for as long as I can remember was to be an entertainer.

I wanted the focus to be on my ability as a singer and as an entertainer - not on my private life.

I wanted to be an actor because I wanted to be onstage. I wanted to do musical theater, and from that I realized I was interested in plays. I never imagined myself on television. I was so lucky to be onstage my whole life.

I wanted to be famous; I wanted to perform. Those things I really, really wanted more than anything else.

I've been performing since I was a child; my mother would have to pull me aside and tell me that I wasn't onstage. I was a cheerleader, president of choir, and in the school play.