I was born out of wedlock. Nobody brought me up.

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

In her whole life Mom never earned more than five or six dollars a week. Being without a husband, it was hard for her to find any place at all for us to live.

I had always loved John Ford's pictures. And I came to love him, too, but I was frightened to death working for him. He used the shock treatment while directing me.

Though I was excited about the Sojourner Truth play, it was not reassuring to think that my entire future might depend on the success of that one show.

I never felt I belonged. I was always an outsider.

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.