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American - Actress Born: January 19, 1931

These are the animals that are the reason why you don't see old animals in the wild. 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.

You Lion Cats Sick

Animal abuse is rampant in the U.S., right under everyone's eyes, for the entertainment of the public. The brutal confinement and pain of training methods of wild animals in the circus, the aquatic and theatrical shows, leads to retaliation by the animals. Eventually they find the right time to strike out, and they will.

Eyes Time Pain Animal

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.

You Lion Cats Sick

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.

Football Stairs Help Like

We have a lion, tiger, liger, which is the father is a lion and the mother is a tiger, black and spotted leopard, mountain lion, Asian leopard cats. Weve got a tremendous number of the exotic feline.

Mother Father Black Lion

Birds I am fine with - spiders are an entirely different matter.

I Am Matter Birds Different

I don't know if you have ever been the object of someone's obsession - but if it's not of your desire, it is horrible. It is really awful.

You Someone Know Your

Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity.

Stop Wild Animals Insanity

I kinda go for the Jane Eyre type of film. I am fascinated by classics.

I Am Go Film Classics

I've always had a fascination for animals. I loved watching them, and even then I thought of them as beings rather than pets. I call it a birth affect!

Loved Thought Always Watching

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My light shines when things get really tough.

Light Tough Things Get

I use every single thing that Alfred Hitchcock taught me in my acting career... I am very grateful for the education he gave me in making motion pictures.

Education Me Grateful I Am

I was under contract with Hitchcock before I even met him. They wouldn't tell me anything about the film, or who was working on it. They had all sorts of excuses as to why they couldn't tell me anything.

Me Excuses Tell Why

I had to be extremely strong to fight off Mr Hitchcock. He was so insistent and obsessive, but I was an extremely strong young woman, and there was no way he was going to get the better of me.

Me Woman Fight Better

I really need to work. People think that I'm no longer interested in acting and only interested in working with the animals. Obviously I have given that impression, but it is not how I feel. I think I'm a good actor. I think I look OK. I don't understand why I'm not working all the time.

Work Good Time People

If people could be as honest as animals, what a different world it would be.

People World Animals Different

I really like birds. Everyone always wants me to say that I can't stand to go near them, just like they want Janet Leigh to confess that she can't bear to take a shower. Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you.

Me You Sorry Birds

Working with Chaplin was very amusing and strange. His films are so funny, but working with him, I found him to be a very serious man. Whereas the films of Hitchcock are macabre, he could be a very funny man to work with, always telling jokes and holding court. Of course, when I worked with Charlie he was getting older.

Funny Work Man Getting Older

I didn't think any amount of money was worth something that would take away what you believed in or what you stood for. I didn't want to do something my parents and daughter couldn't be proud of.

Daughter Money You Parents

I have a strong Lutheran background, and my parents instilled in me strong morals.

Me Parents Strong Morals

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.

Work Better Better Person Person

To be the object of someone's obsession is horrible.

Someone Obsession Horrible Object

Being the object of Alfred Hitchcock's obsession was horrific, but while he ruined my career, he could never ruin my life.

Life My Life Never Career

You can have a million dollar, 20 million dollar budget or 60 million dollar budget, and if you don't have a good script, it doesn't mean a thing.

Good You Budget Mean

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.

Me You Makeup End

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