Quotes from June Allyson

Because of the wealth of fine music spread through the film, working on it held all the fun and excitement of attending a great concert.

In real life I'm a poor dressmaker and a terrible cook, anything in fact but the perfect wife.

For the first time in my life I feel important. I'd like to have five babies

The first day I arrived, they told me to go home and get rid of that cold.

So, to prepare for the role, I had to take music lessons, talk to wives who had husbands overseas, and carefully study the reactions and mannerisms of a friend who was expecting.

The role of Barbara, in Music for Millions, was literally a tonic for me.

I was at a luncheon; and some cameras were trained on us. I don't know whether they were for television or not. You know how little I know about cameras.

I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies.

I'd just as soon stay home and raise babies.

It was my first straight dramatic role, and the most adult, intelligent one I have ever played.

I always wanted to be a movie star. I thought it meant being famous and having breakfast in bed. I didn't know you had to be up at 4:00 a.m.

[On Ronald Reagan:] Jane Wyman seemed more upset with her husband's obsession with politics than I. I tried to make her laugh. 'He'll outgrow it,' I told her. To her it wasn't funny.