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to go by it; I had to rise or fall on it. And I think that’s rather unique. They were not overly-protective. They always allowed me free-rein, I think because they trusted me; they gave me the foundation and let me go from there. I think the greatest gift they ever gave me was a sense of humor. Because, you know, they’re wild, and they can laugh at themselves, and therefore they can laugh at life, and it’s much easier that way. And I think that’s the greatest lesson. FRED: Maybe that’s why you’re going to go so far. . . . Where is romance going to find time in your life? SUZANNE: I concentrate on my work while I’m here, I do my homework; but when I’m out with people, my only concern is the time I’m spending with them. I don’t find it necessary to talk about what a hard day I had at the office, you know. And I can still manage on a day when I work to get home and cook dinner for six or eight or two people. I’ve done it, and I enjoy doing it. I clean my house. I get my laundry from the laundromat. I don’t see why the work has to be allconsuming ... at least, so far I don’t see why. I’d much rather do for people. I’m not a big dater, I never have been, you Have you a special tried and tested recipe which features a "packaged convenience” food as an ingredient? If you have, send it with your name and address to PHOTOPLAY'S MEALTIME MAGIC, P. O. Box 3483, Grand Central Station, New York 17, New York. We will pay $5.00 for each recipe that we publish. know. I always see one or two people at a time. I prefer to spend my time — which is kind of valuable, because I don’t have that much time — with people I enjoy, people I care about. FRED: Are you going to be able to fit marriage in then, when it comes along? SUZANNE: 1 better. I’m a stinking bachelor girl, I really am. I think a lot depends on the man, you know. It takes a very special man to put up with some of the things. After all, I cannot, as a working woman — I could be an actress or a secretary or a publicist — but as a woman with an occupation, I cannot devote my entire time to my home or my husband or my family. But I certainly hope that there will be enough time to make some man very happy. FRED: Are you ready for marriage right now? SUZANNE: Oh, my career has never had anything to do with it. When the right time comes, I’ll get married. Private life FRED: What about rumors in the papers? How much are the fans entitled to know? SUZANNE: Well again, I come originally from the theater, where there’s a certain respect for distance maintained, and it’s difficult to adjust to a certain familiarity that exists once you enter into motion pictures. I don’t mean to say that it’s offensive; it’s just an adjustment to make. But I have always reserved the right to keep my private life, private. I will do any number of interviews about my work, about what I am working on, about what I think impersonally about the people I work with. But how I feel about someone I’m dating, I think is my business. And I have said dozens of times — except nobody seems to believe it, because it seems to be rather unique, they tell me — that if and when I decide to marry anyone, the announcement will come from my parents, as it would with any family, I imagine, and not from the movie magazine and not from a column. FRED: Well, what about Troy Donahue? No Comment SUZANNE: Well, I don’t want to discuss it. FRED: No comment? SUZANNE: No. FRED: How important is love in your life. Sue? SUZANNE: Oh, it’s very important in my life. I think it’s important in everybody’s life. I don’t think there’s a human being who can exist without love. Not necessarily— not only man-woman love — but love of self, love of California, love of my dog. I think everyday has to be filled with a certain amount of love vibrations, back and forth. 1 love a great many people in many ways. I love my parents; I love friends, you know; I love my vet, when he’s kind to my dog, you know. So, I think that love is very important. I don’t think a day goes by when there’s not some kind of exchange. FRED: Do you have any reservations about marrying an actor? SUZANNE: I don’t know, Fred. I can only say that that would have to be determined by this specific man, when the time comes. I’ve dated stockbrokers that were a problem, and actors that weren’t; and stockbrokers that weren’t and actors that were. There’s a very high fatality rate of actors. But I grew up with a lot of people who were not in the profession, and the fatality rate is just as high. I think it has to do with the individual. FRED: Boy, that Hitchcock picture must have been a tremendous thrill — “The Birds.” SUZANNE: Oh, well, it was a joy, you know. ( Laughing ) First of all, I adore Hitchcock; you have to. And secondly, I was very privileged and proud to be working for him, with him. And the exciting thing is that he signed me for two more pictures, and he’s never signed a brunette, you know. I don’t think Alfred Hitchcock has any idea of what he really plans to do with me. FRED: Is he really like that impish little fellow you see on the TV screen? SUZANNE: Oh, he’s got a wild sense of humor. And he’s extraordinary in that he’s a true sophisticate, because he still has the ability to be enthusiastic about things. Some people who are really ineffectual in that respect, they’re phony. Hitch is sophisticated, but he’s still young and vital about things, and interested in things and flexible. And he’s one of the few people I know who’s rich. And I’m so happy that he’s rich because he shares it with people. 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