I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable... I suppose I'm larger than life.

Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.

I was so uncomfortable at a party recently when the conversation droned on about women who are constantly getting married. I was on the edge of my chair, close to squirming in embarrassment because I myself was guilty of four husbands. I finally leaned forward and squeaked, 'But one died!

Joan Crawford is a movie star. I am an actress.

The world's all full of thoughts about wars and space, and tragedies to the world. That's what writers are thinking about because that's what the world is thinking about.

Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night! - As Margo Channing in All About Eve

One can be respected with the truth in Hollywood just as much as anywhere else you know or else I wouldn't have had a career.