If people could be as honest as animals, what a different world it would be.
It has become my mission to stop the insanity of wild cats as pets.
I’ve had a love of animals from birth. I love getting to know other species. We should all be aware that there is not one thing we can give a wild animal in captivity that they need.
It’s going to be very interesting to see somebody playing me.
So I think it is common knowledge that Hitchcock had fantasies or whatever you want to call them about his leading ladies.
We had a lion that was living in somebody’s basement outside of Branson, Missouri.
I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.
I had to have help getting up these stairs because I’ve been tackled by so many lions and tigers. Really. I’m like an old football player.
I can look at myself in the mirror, and I can be proud.
Honest to God, all my life I have had such a fear of spiders. In fact, I use to have a reoccurring dream about one. Very clearly, it was black with a red head. It would sit up in the corner of the bedroom and when it started getting closer, I would wake up in a panic.
Because of ‘The Birds’ and ‘Marnie’ I was, as the expression goes, hot in Hollywood and producers and directors wanted to hire me.
Being the object of Alfred Hitchcock’s obsession was horrific, but while he ruined my career, he could never ruin my life.
Everything that I’ve done in my life was to lead me to my work with the animals.
Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity.
He was such a fabulous drama coach. What better person to have than Alfred Hitchcock? His work as a director was impeccable. I learned so much.
Hitchcock had a charm about him. He was very funny at times. He was incredibly brilliant in his field of suspense.
Hitchcock had a very strange mind.
You don’t see sick animals in the wild. You don’t see lame animals in the wild, and its all because of the predator: the lion, the tiger, the leopard, all the cats.
I was at the end of the studio system so when I walked into movies, I had a magnificent suite in which I had a living room and a kitchen and a complete makeup room. I had everything just for me. With the independents, you’re kind of roughing it, literally.
It is up to the public to stop attending these theatrical, and aquatic shows, and circuses with wild animals. The rhetoric about how the animals are happy and well cared for are lies. Don’t be swayed by them. The money behind these shows is huge; there is nothing good about them.