Elisha Cook was a darling, and full of the devil. A wired - up little fellow who was always busy, busy, busy.
I got to know Sterling Hayden fairly well. He was a quiet man, who got more complicated as the years went on.
I'm 5 9, and there were two stars in my life who didn't mind that I was taller than they - George Raft and John Garfield.
Raft told me how to walk with him in a scene: We'd start off in a long shot normal, and about the time we got together in a close-up, I'd be bending my knees so I'd be shorter.
But painting can be too lonely... I like being with people too much to have ever made that my life's work.
Of course, in later years, I'd studied acting more than ever before - mostly with the late Stella Adler, who was marvelous! - but in my earlier years, I couldn't afford to do this.
This has taught me that being pleasant is always so much more productive, for I know well the rewards for being good-natured.
Some actresses seem to thrive on chaos, and I've often wondered if they felt they had to be that way in order to perform well?
I'd say my happiest moment as an actress came when I learned I'd won the Look Magazine Best Supporting Actress Award for 1956 in The Killing.
I'm 5 foot 9, and there were two stars in my life who didn't mind that I was taller than they - George Raft and John GarfieldCollection: Stars