One of the safest places to be in the world is the stage.

You can only lead by example, and you can only say it might be better for you if. But nobody can do anything until they're ready to do it. So you can sit down with a strong-minded young man of 24, as my son was at a point, and say now listen, this, this, this, and this.

I have always felt the basis of everything in life is sexual, and I will maintain that to my dying day

When asked what it takes to succeed in the acting profession, Bette Davis would answer, "The courage to be hated."

If you're lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a skill.

Physical qualities don't really matter much.

I'd always felt a man should marry later in life.