Self-belief? My parents gave it to me.

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.

In most states, it’s more difficult to get a license for your dog than it is to buy a big cat. Right now, there are more tigers in the state of Texas than in all of India.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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.

Ive 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!

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.

In fact, I think I have had a ghost in my house. Although not active lately, unexplainable things would happen and the kitties were particularly sensitive – especially, Marlon Brando… the cat not the man.

You don’t know what mental telepathy exists from the human to the animal.

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.

‘Marnie’ was ahead of its time. People didn’t talk about childhood and its effects on adult life. It was taboo to discuss sexuality and psychology and to put all that into a film was shocking.

I shouldn’t be married.

So I think it is common knowledge that Hitchcock had fantasies or whatever you want to call them about his leading ladies.

I kind of look at my modeling career and the Hitchcock years as stepping stones to what I’m doing now.

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

We had a lion that was living in somebody‘s basement outside of Branson, Missouri.

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.

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.

So I do have to work, you know, and I find as many movies and TV shows that I can, because otherwise I wouldn’t have an income.

My light shines when things get really tough.

Because of ‘The Birds’ and ‘Marnie’ I was, as the expression goes, hot in Hollywood and producers and directors wanted to hire me.

As far as I know, Vera Miles had a terrible time with Hitchcock, and she wanted to get out of the contract. He didn’t let her. She did ‘Psycho,’ and I believe, if you look at ‘Psycho,’ there isn’t one close up of Vera, not one. After that, she would never even speak about him to anyone.

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.

One lion thinks it’s just hilarious to tackle us. He’s very funny about it… and we always know when it will happen.

Everything that I’ve done in my life was to lead me to my work with the animals.