A reminder of how truly banal actors can be. Everyone Leigh worked with was 'uniquely talented' and 'very dear,' and Hitchcock was a playful master with nothing but respect for his actors. Even co-author Christopher Nickens steers clear of revealing anything insightful about Perkins' own complicated sexuality or Hitchcock's high-handed treatment of his female leads. The most interesting tidbit here was an anecdote about the director manipulating Leigh to sex it up in order to get co-star John Gavin to loosen up in the Phoenix motel scene. All in all, pretty forgettable.