I've spent my life pursuing excellence as an artist, which is what I always wanted to do anyhow.

I learned from watching and I learned form doing

When I was in England doing Romeo and Juliet as a child star, I was interviewed by the British press, who are even more vicious and cruel than the Americans. So I have been extremely guarded ever since.

You can't pretend to be a Sharon Stone or a Marilyn Monroe. You really can't fake that.

I started on a very high note and I was alwasy able to choose. I want to be able to do that until my last breath. And to do that, you have to have money.

In any of the arts, you never stop learning.

In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul.