I learned early in life not to judge others. We outcasts are very happy and content to leave that job to our social superiors.

Nothing can beat the smell of dew and flowers and the odor that comes out of the earth when the sun goes down.

I have no acting technique I act instinctively. That's why I can't play any role that isn't based on something in my life.

We show girls were forced to live in whorehouses in each town, no other accommodations being available.

You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of the family.

All my life I've been prejudiced against wealthy people.

We never had a bathtub. Mom would bathe me in the wooden or tin washtub in the kitchen, or in a big lard can.