If you can't laugh at yourself, you're cooked!

... there is no deodorant like success.

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.

You can't cry on a diamond's shoulder, and diamonds won't keep you warm at night, but they're sure fun when the sun shines.

Acting is fun. It's not my whole life. It's not my entire being. It's secondary to my life. My life is primary. I'm running in the primary, as you know.

Marilyn Monroe seemed to have a kind of unconscious glow about her physical self that was innocent, like a child. When she posed nude, it was 'Gee, I am kind of, you know, sort of dishy,' like she enjoyed it without being egotistical.

I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.