When I left 20th Century-Fox to freelance, my agent believed that getting big money was the way to establish real importance in our industry.
I'd thought of myself as a great big motion picture star from the time I was 6.
I couldn't bear it if anyone knew I had hardly any self-confidence at all.
I've always been scared to death of pain - afraid, even, to think of it.
Of course it was Mamma who both stopped my career and crystallized my determination to resume it.
Just because you want to be glamorous, don't be a sheep about your eye makeup.
A pleasant voice, which has to include clear enunciation, is not only attractive to those who hear it... its appeal is permanent.
As an actress, I have to be objective about myself. If I don't criticize myself, there are plenty who will do a find job of it for me!
It's so important to look relaxed.
I do not hold with those who think it is all right to do whatever you want so long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Who's to be the judge of that?
The split second she ceases to care is the only time a woman ceases to be attractive.
In 1949 there was a new thing called Television, to which my agency and advisers opposed as a performance medium.
I was a very wanting child.
I'm not sure the public knows what it wants.
Certainly tears are given to us to use. Like all good gifts, they should be used properly.
What you don't know intrigues you more than what you do know.
