that strange conflict in the American character: we pride ourselves on being the melting pot of the world but we insist on regarding most immigrants with suspicion.

In show business the saying seems too often true: it isn't enough to succeed; someone else must fail.

I am not the kind of woman who excuses her mistakes while reminding us of what used to be.

I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man.

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

Unlike the stage, I never found it helpful to be good in a bad movie.

I loved to eat. For all of Hollywood's considerable rewards, I was hungry for most of those twenty years.