I was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912. But what difference does it make as long as I feel 33?

I wouldn't trust any man as far as you can throw a piano

I wasn't straining at the bit to become a movie star any more than I had plotted to get out of vaudeville and into Broadway musicals

As far as dramas are concerned, it's considered passe for playwrights to turn out anything the average person can understand

I'll pat myself on the back and admit I have talent. Beyond that, I just happened to be in the right place at the right time

I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.

Now what kind of an attitude is that, 'These things happen?' They only happen because this whole country is just full of people who, when these things happen, they just say, 'These things happen,' and that's why they happen! We gotta have control of what happens to us.