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As a child, the person I admired most in the world was Lana Turner! She seemed the epitome of glamour, and her glitzy surroundings so enviable, the opposite of my mother's extremely banal taste.

Lana Turner was adorable and funny. Jimmy Stewart was such a nice person. I quickly realized that if you're not a nice person, you're not going to last in this business. I mean, once your box office starts to drop off, like Veronica Lake, they'll get rid of you fast.

My mother and my sisters - five girls - were crazy about glamour and Hollywood movies. I styled myself on Veronica Lake and Marlene Dietrich.

It was absolutely thrilling to meet Laurel and Hardy, they were so nice.

A good friend of mine was Lucy Ball. Her mother and my mother were best friends.

Angela Bassett is a friend of mine and someone who I truly admire tremendously in terms of her work and her choices.

I grew up with a lot of people who are famous now. I was friends with Hilary and Haley Duff. They are such lovely girls. I have watched their careers blossom, which I am really happy for. I grew up with Ashley Tisdale; we used to both live in Valencia, so we used to hang out back in the day.

I'm friends with Elizabeth Banks - she's a great actress but not actressy at all. She's very cool. I adore her.