Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in it for me.
I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.
People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else.
I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.
I work to stay alive.
I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.
Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years at Warners. We never went outside the studio, not even for big scenes.
I will never be below the title.
An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.
I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.
It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.
I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.
Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it.
The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.
That's me: an old kazoo with some sparklers.
With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.
I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.
I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep.
