I could not work with a girl who did not have a spiritual quality.

Fay has spirituality too, but she also has that very real sex appeal that takes hold of the hearts of men.

And yet because of my attempt at sincerity I have been condemned, hooted at, reviled; filthy rumors have been circulated about me, not about my characterizations but about me personally, my private self.

Bobbed hair makes women look uniform. They lack individuality.

Since that first showing of Foolish Wives I have seemed to walk through vast crowds of people, their white American faces turned towards me in stern reproof.

I could not work with a girl who did not have a spiritual quality.

In Hollywood - in Hollywood, you're as good as your last picture.