In my early days in Hollywood I tried to be economical. I designed my own clothes, much to my mother's distress.

I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came.

there are many ways to fail. Some reject success. And others do not recognize it when success comes.

I have a role now that I think becomes me. I am a grandmother.

A flame burns brightest just before it goes out.

The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title

Joe Schenck, a top 20th Century-Fox executive, once said to me that he really believed I had a future, and that was because I was the only girl who could survive so many bad pictures.