In our day we went from - we went into saloons. We couldn't cross over like you can today, get a television series and all of a sudden you're a major movie star, you know.
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And then I went into television; and then television moved from the East Coast to Hollywood.
We always thought that we'd go on from the show to have a career in movies.
When I first came to Hollywood, I could not break into movies.
I'm an actor and it happened to go my way that day.
I always knew I was going to be successful in some way with films. I don't know why. I had no particular talent, but I always knew I was going to be sitting in a dining room with Lucille Ball and at a cocktail party with Bette Davis.
My first year and a half in Hollywood, I did three films. Then in 1959, I was in 'Gidget,' 'Imitation of Life' and 'A Summer Place.' After that, I was a star. It was fun.
I built my entire career off of teen comedies. I was in 'Bring It On'.
I don't think of myself as a movie star. I'm a movie worker. I come from a railroad family. I come from the corn.
After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also starring'. In my day, we earned that recognition.