A Lot Of My Life Happened In

When I Read To Children, I Try To Become The Characters. It's Great If You Can Make A Separate Voice For Each Character. Sometimes You Can Lower Your Voice With Excitement Or Get More Intimate About It: You Can Lean Forward And Engage The Children As A Narrator Or As A Reader. It's Particularly Important That You Find The Voice That You Want To Use For Each Character, Because Then Children Can Imagine That Person As You're Reading Aloud. And Of Course, The Illustrations Help Enormously.

My First Memoir, 'home,' Was About My Childhood, Early Training And Formative Years In The Theater, I Am So Pleased That My Good Friends At The Hachette Book Group Have Encouraged Me To Share The Next Phase Of My Life, Beginning With My Arrival In Hollywood And The Wonderful Movies And Television Programs I Was Asked To Be A Part Of.

My Sense Of The Family History Is Somewhat Sketchy, Because My Mother Kept A Great Deal To Herself.

I'm Not Singing Anymore; That Is Why I Am So Pleased To Be Writing. My Daughter Said, "you Just Found A Different Way Of Using Your Voice."

When Adversity Hits, Go Out And Learn Something.