Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
Actress who won an Oscar for her role opposite Paul Newman in 'Hud'.
On the island
Eight records
In conversation
Presenter asks
1:19Do you feel that you've suffered more than your fair share?
I sure do. Ha ha. But I mean, I can laugh about it. I've got to laugh about it because, I mean, if I didn't, I'd I would have killed myself some years ago. But you know, it's uh it it's sad, but it happens.
Presenter asks
4:48What was Ronald Reagan like in those days?
Oh he was a very good man he really was. He was very friendly. and a great entertainer. He was a you know, he was a good date. But nothing romantic.
Presenter asks
10:11What was it that you loved about him [Gary Cooper]?
He was so witty he really had great wit. And his movements were fantastic and he had fabulous eyes and he to me he was the beauty of the world.
Presenter asks
14:54How come you ended up marrying him [Roald Dahl]?
I was in his room, his great well, when I say room, I mean his apartment. He had a sitting room, a bathroom, a kitchen and a bedroom. ... He had picture of his nephew and his twin nieces and well, I just adored their looks. I mean they were the children I wanted. And I thought, well, now if he can give me children like that, I will marry him.
The keepsakes
The book
collected short stories by various writers
Editor: unspecified; includes stories by Roald Dahl, Estelle Perlman, J.D. Salinger, Truman Capote, and others
I think short stories. I mean, th th that would be much better because then you'd have a lot of writers.
Presenter asks
15:33Why did you want to write about your life with Roald in such devasting frank detail?
At a nunnery? And uh uh Lady Abbas she said, You must talk and and talk about it, write about it, just because it was torturing me what had happened to my marriage.
Presenter asks
24:18What do you think the single most important message is for those people [who've had to cope with similar tragedies]?
You can't give up. You just can't give up. Even though you want to, you've got to fight your way through it.
“I sure do. Ha ha. But I mean, I can laugh about it. I've got to laugh about it because, I mean, if I didn't, I'd I would have killed myself some years ago. But you know, it's uh it it's sad, but it happens.”
“When I hung up that phone it was like love a hundred years in a second.”
“I was in his room, his great well, when I say room, I mean his apartment. He had a sitting room, a bathroom, a kitchen and a bedroom. ... He had picture of his nephew and his twin nieces and well, I just adored their looks. I mean they were the children I wanted. And I thought, well, now if he can give me children like that, I will marry him.”
“I desperately wanted to die for a long time I wanted to die. But uh seeing as how he uh wouldn't let me and G. O. D. wouldn't let me, uh, I now I'm I'm very happy, you see.”
“You can't give up. You just can't give up. Even though you want to, you've got to fight your way through it.”
“the fact that someone could take Rua Dahl away from me after all these years. It it really, you know, it it broke my heart because I was so close to Ruaul and his family for years. I mean, it was like like they were mine.”