I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.
I had the sets that meant so much to this character built - right in my home, especially the kitchen, which was important both for her character and for your introduction to her when Albert comes to visit.
I miss the movies. Still, I understood that my kind of movie has had its day. I thought it was over for me.
I quit the act while working on the character - months before we started shooting.
I stopped making movies because I don't like taking my clothes off. Maybe it's realism, but in my opinion, it's utter filth.
I wanted to be as comfortable in that environment as she was. I moved around those areas in character.
I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.
If I had been up in front of an audience just before playing Mother, I couldn't have had her rhythm, her mood and attitude.
No, I wouldn't have known how to do it. I needed both the life experience and the years of developing my acting craft.
Well, one of the things I did was recreate her home in my home.
You all know who she is. There's very little she isn't.
Debbie initially entered the Miss Burbank contest because everyone who entered received a silk scarf, blouse and free lunch.
Debbie was only 31 years old when she gave an Academy Award nominee performance in 1964 film The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
In 1999, Debbie was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Palm Springs International Film Festival.
In 1957, Debbie had a top 10 song "Tammy" from the movie she starred in Tammy and the Bachelor.
In 2001, Debbie reconciled with old enemy, Elizabeth Taylor , to work on TV movie These Old Broads written by her daughter, Carrie Fisher.
In April 2002, she opened the Hollywood Motion Picture Collection near the new Kodak theater which houses her vast collection of movie memorablilia.
Debbie says that she has actually gathered posters from her collection of 3,000 and drive to homes of actor friends for them to autograph them.
Debbie actually was never a dancer until she was selected by Gene Kelly to be his partner in the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain.
Debbie was once a member of the International Order of Job's Daughters.
Debbie was the winner of the 1948 Miss Burbank contest.
Debbie says the low point of her career came when she had to live in her car--a Cadillac.
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