On her later years as an ordained minister: I was married to Glenn Ford. But now I feel as though I'm married to God, and in the nicest, purest sense.
Whenever you hear the beat of my feet, it is really the beat of my heart saying, "Thank You and God Bless You!".
Commenting on her marriage to Glenn Ford: I filed on the grounds of mental cruelty and that's exactly what he gave me.
Once I was identified as a tap dancer that was it - because nobody had ever seen that kind of thing before. When I hit it, the off-beat was just coming in. This was the big new thing, and I used to practice all the time between shows.
Do you know that on Begin the Beguine we (she and Fred Astaire) rehearsed for two solid weeks, on just arm movements, so they'd be right together.