The Hollywood structure was monopolistic, run by four or five big studios.
Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to walk, how to talk, how to sit.
I needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act.
Where there is hope, there is no despair.
Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.
When my mood was high, I seemed normal, even buoyant. I felt smarter. I had secrets. I could see God in a light bulb