On working with Sean Connery, her leading man from Marnie (1964): He was just fabulous, a consummate actor with a great sense of humor. He was practicing his golf swing all the time - a rather profound golfer. We honored him on June 8, 2006 at the America...
For years, directors and producers came up to me and said they`d wanted me for a role, but [Alfred Hitchcock] wouldn`t allow it. The worst was when I found out that Francois Truffaut had wanted to cast me. I`d never heard a word about it. That one hurt.
My advice to anyone contemplating acting as a profession is to be independently wealthy or have another vocation as a backup. Melanie and Antonio are well set, but most actors make a pittance.
On March 1, 2005, she was asked which is her favorite Alfred Hitchcock film that she starred in, and her response was: "I think Marnie (1964). They were both so different that it`s kind of hard to figure out which, but The Birds (1963) was sort of a chase...
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On Alfred Hitchcock: "To be the object of somebody`s obsession is a really awful feeling when you can`t return it."
