I don`t know how it is now but the assistant stage manager had to understudy several parts. You had to be ready to go on at any time if the actor couldn`t make it to the play. I didn`t think anything of it.
- Glenn FordMy part had three lines. I said, `You look wonderful, sir,` three times. All my friends said, `Do not take that role - and do not understudy. You`ll regret it the rest of your life.` I did both of those things, and I`ve never regretted it once.
- Jeffrey TamborJack Hylton said: `I want you, I want you, but I can`t offer you the part '“ it`s for a 35-year-old woman`. So, he said: `I tell you what, I`ll make you the understudy and you`ll be in the chorus. And I said: `But I can`t dance!` He replied: `Good, we`ll put you on the end of the line and make you the funny chorus girl who always messes things up!`
- Annie Ross