What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.

Death is my neighbor now.

I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.

What I want to give in the theatre is beauty, that's what I want to give.

I know that if I'd had to go and take an exam for acting, I wouldn't have got anywhere. You don't take exams for acting, you take your courage.

Actresses are such very dull people off the stage. We are only delightful and brilliant when we are doing what we are told to do. Off stage we are awful chumps.

A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier.