You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good.

I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn't been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they'd given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I'm an Aries. I never lose.

You've got to know someone pretty well to hate them.

Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed.

I have eyes like a bullfrog, a neck like an ostrich and long, limp hair. You just have to be good to survive with that equipment.

There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne.

You should know me well enough by now to know I don't ask for things I don't think I can get.