I Never Thought I Was Funny. I

I Am Not Funny. The Writers Were Funny. My Directors Were Funny. The Situations Were Funny… What I Am Is Brave. I Have Never Been Scared. Not When I Did Movies, Certainly Not When I Was A Model And Not When I Did I Love Lucy.

I Was Shy For Several Years In My Early Days In Hollywood Until I Figured Out That No One Really Gave A Damn If I Was Shy Or Not, And I Got Over My Shyness.

I Don't Suppose That Hard Work, Discipline, And A Perfectionist Attitude Toward My Work Did Me Any Harm. They Are A Big Part Of My Makeup Today, As Any Of My Co-workers Will Tell You. And When Life Seemed Unbearable, I Learned To Live In My Imagination, And To Step Inside Other People's Skins- Indispensable Abilities For An Actress.

My Ideal Of Womanhood Has Always Been The Pioneer Woman Who Fought And Worked At Her Husband's Side. She Bore The Children, Kept The Home Fires Burning; She Was The Hub Of The Family, The Planner And The Dreamer.

I Believe That We're As Happy In Life As We Make Up Our Minds To Be.