I've come through things that would have felled an ox. That fills me with optimism, not just for myself but for our particular species.

All of my life I've spent a lot of time with gay men - Montgomery Clift, Jimmy Dean, Rock Hudson - who are my colleagues, coworkers, confidantes, my closest friends, but I never thought of who they slept with! They were just the people I loved. I could never understand why they couldn't be afforded the same rights and protections as all of the rest of us. There is no gay agenda, it's a human agenda

I don't entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I'm me. God knows, I'm me.

I had a hollow leg. I could drink everyone under the table and not get drunk. My capacity was terrifying.

I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

If someone's dumb enough to offer me a million dollars to make a picture, I'm certainly not dumb enough to turn it down.

I always wanted to have a fragrance, and I always wanted to be able to connect with people in ways other than through film.