My mother thought Hollywood was a den of iniquity, and people came to terrible bad ends there.

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I was near sighted. I was born myopic, and I got glasses, right after that.

I was near sighted. I was born myopic, and I got glasses, right after that.

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

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

It never occurred to me that I looked like a movie star.

It never occurred to me that I looked like a movie star.

I get on the floor, and I can do things a woman a fifth my...

I get on the floor, and I can do things a woman a fifth my...

I was taken to concerts when I was six, seven years old, and sat in...

I was taken to concerts when I was six, seven years old, and sat in...

So in those days, they were scooping up any young person who could sing and...

So in those days, they were scooping up any young person who could sing and...

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

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

So I got caught up in the same wave as everybody else and went right...

So I got caught up in the same wave as everybody else and went right...

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

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