Forty-seven is nothing at all, nor is any age unless you're a cheese.

It seems to me that the most fundamental mistake most parents make with children is to expect them to be grateful. Children are never grateful. ... The 'sacrifices' you made were not for them, they were for you.

An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of moving the public to joyous merriment, cannot always be satisfied to set aside her whole career, in the work that she loves, simply because she is married.

To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony.

But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain?

Twins are so practical. It's always nice to have a spare.

I am constantly amazed when I talk to young people to learn how much they know about sex and how little about soap.