I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I'm ninety, and they won't need to paste my face with make-up.

Sponsors obviously care more about a ninety-second commercial and want to pay you more than any guest star gets for a ninety-minute acting performance.

Eyes are the greatest tool in film. Mr. Capra taught me that. Sure it's nice to say very good dialogue, if you can get it. But great movie acting - watch the eyes!

My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth.

I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I'm ninety, and they won't need to paste my face with make-up.

Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for doing what I love doing.

[On Marilyn Monroe:] Her body has gone to her head.