I Never Said, 'mmmmmm, You Dirty Rat!

Perhaps People, And Kids Especially, Are Spoiled Today, Because All The Kids Today Have Cars, It Seems. When I Was Young You Were Lucky To Have A Bike.

Outside Of My Family, The Prime Concern Of My Life Has Been Nature And Its Order, And How We Have Been Savagely Altering That Order.

New Orleans Is 5 Feet Below Sea Level, Which Means That Holes Dug In The Ground Immediately Fill With Water. Coffins Were Punctured And Sunk With Weights, Which Didn't Stop Them From Floating Up Out Of The Cemeteries And Down The Streets Of The French Quarter On Stormy Nights. The Solution Was To Bury People Above Ground, In What Are Called Vaults.

Though I Soon Became Typecast In Hollywood As A Gangster And Hoodlum, I Was Originally A Dancer, An Irish Hoofer, Trained In Vaudeville Tap Dance. I Always Leapt At The Opportunity To Dance In Films Later On.

I Got A Part As A Chorus Girl In A Show Called Every Sailor And I Had Fun Doing It. Mother Didn't Really Approve Of It, Through.