The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.
Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping.
I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.
You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.
The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage.
The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist is wrong. I belong to the generation which says if you don't like it, you don't understand and you ought to find out.