I was born in New Orleans, and I wasn't allowed to go to the movies.
Kitty Carlisle

It was considered oh, not proper for children to go to the movies.
Kitty Carlisle

I get on the floor, and I can do things a woman a fifth my age can't do.
Kitty Carlisle

The next thing that happened to me was that I, we, were living in Paris where I then grew up.
Kitty Carlisle

And I wasn't crazy about Hollywood in those days.
Kitty Carlisle

And I didn't, that's why my career was very short lived.
Kitty Carlisle

So in those days, they were scooping up any young person who could sing and look decent, ah, at the same time.
Kitty Carlisle