What it was like filming in Coney Island for Eleanor the Great:
Oh, that was great fun. I’m in LA now, but I lived in New York for 65 years. Coney Island was our first day of shooting and it was so perfect for the first day. [Co-star] Erin [Kellyman] and I got to spend time together and everything. It was a really good choice to go there first. There were paparazzi because it was Scarlett Johansson, and we did have a crowd watching. Wherever we would stop to shoot, we would end up with quite a few people standing there.
The place she could travel to a million times and not tire of it:
Hawaii, on the Big Island. I love the Big Island. I’ve been four times now, and relax more there than I do anywhere in the whole world. I travel with a couple that I know and love, so we’re very comfortable together. They have a share with the big Hilton there, [Waikoloa Village] in the middle of the island, but we always get different apartments.
Pool or beach:
I love a pool. I’ve done the ocean many, many times, but I find it cold. Even in the deep summer, it’s cold for me, so I really prefer being at a pool. I like to swim. I used to do a water exercises class when I lived in New York, but in California I just swim. If I wasn’t working, I was in that pool for an hour. I’m very busy right now, so I haven’t had a chance to.
Whether she remembers her first flight in first class:
Oh, I do! I do! I was flying from New York into St. Louis to visit my mother and father in southern Illinois, and for some reason, God knows why, I decided I was going to go first class. I think I had a job that gave me some money, so I spent it there. We smoked like crazy in the cabin, which you could do then, but it was wonderful. I was like, “Oh my God, this is so great.” I loved it. I was a young kid who didn’t know what to expect. I remember I was amazed when they served me a meal. I was changed forever.
