I wish to please the people, but I want to make them cry, perhaps. There, I have said it.

Please do not ask me to talk about my divorce. Mr. Ziegfeld and I are such very good friends. It is only a little matter quite between ourselves.

I do not like vaudeville, but what can I do? It likes me.

I am very, very proud of my ability as a cook.

You instinctively discover how to entertain an audience.

Whatever success I may have attained is due to the fact that since I was old enough to work at all, my ambition has never deserted me.

A woman should be like a single flower, not a whole bouquet.