- [in an interview while a child star] I'm going to be an actress until I die.
- [on her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame] I was at the groundbreaking ceremonies, with my gold shovel. My goddaughter, who lives in the Hollywood Hills, occasionally goes down there - and has to clean it! It was taken up when they were putting in the Metro - the subway system. Now it's back, so when tourists go to Gower, then walk to Vine, they have to pass over my star!
- [on Wild Heritage (1958)] There was a lot of publicity about it, saying it was the first "grown-up" picture for two former child stars, Gary Gray and myself. Also, there was a lot of publicity on the fact Gary and I were getting our first screen kisses!
- [on Will Rogers Jr.] He was a simple man who was not confident with acting. It was not his thing.
- [on Maureen O'Sullivan] I loved her, a delightful person. I used to go to her home in Beverly Hills and play. Her son, Michael, who was a couple of years older, was very nice...and very good-looking. It was crush time.
- [on her kiss with Troy Donahue in Wild Heritage (1958)] I don't think you can even see it in the released print! This "first kiss" was kind of funny, and embarrassing. To screen kiss you have to go to the corner of the mouth; cut your head to one side. It was cut and dried - not romantic at all. Also, I didn't have a thing for Troy. This was before he was a star, so it wasn't any big deal.
- [on her career in general] I thought of it as a job. I think of it as having an interesting past - it is still the past to me. I love today and am looking to tomorrow. I'm grateful for my career - I learned from it.
- Judi Meredith is a pretty lady. In 1985, I was teaching at Notre Dame High and a boy came up to me and said, "You know my mother, Judi Meredith". We saw each other a few times at school functions.
- [on education as a child actress] You still had to go to school, until you were 18 - Saturdays were the fun day. I loved working, but I didn't have a lot of time to socialize with the kids. They would put up a canvass dressing room, and you had to get your three hours of school whenever you could; you had to have it before 4 p.m. It was usually in a far-away corner where there would be peace and quiet.
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