I Don't Think I Have The Image

When I Start To Write, I See My Stories As A Kind Of Movie. For Instance, I Ask Myself, "what Kind Of Opening Do I Want For This Book?"

When Children Ask Me What's My Favorite [role], I Say To Them, "imagine Having Ten Beautiful New Puppies In A Basket And You Had To Say Which One Is Your Favorite, And You Simply Couldn't Because You Love Them All For Different Reasons." Poppins Was Such A Learning Experience, As Was The Sound Of Music. I Tell You, Every One Of Them Just Helped Me Grow In What I Do And Did And Each One Was Such A Phenomenal Working Experience.

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.

I Was Fortunate Enough To Work At The Peak Of The Great Golden Age Of Musicals. And Then For Awhile, I Think They Were Being Advanced In Different Ways. Andrew Lloyd-webber Brought The Rock Beat To Musicals; People Tried Different Things. The Joy Of Musicals Is That There Is No Perfect Recipe; It Is What You Throw Into It.

If I Am Able To Sing Again It Will Be Through Some Miracle Operation. There's A Lot Of Work Being Done To Help Singers Regain Their Voices, But In My Case I Actually Lost Vocal Tissue So It's Very Hard For My Chords To Rub Together And I Need To Replace That Tissue. I Remain Optimistic But Not Tremendously So.