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.

I learned from watching and I learned form doing

Even the most stoic of men will be childlike at least once in a day.

My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body.

There are several paths one can take, but not every path is open to you.

I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it

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.