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

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

we Irish don't really need thousands of people surging behind a big brass band to have a parade. One guitar player and a few people whistling will do the job.

I needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act.

In later years, during what might be called my gray-outs — when I was conscious but not myself — I craved foods that were almost always fattening.

It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are neurotic, or they would not be actors.

The Hollywood structure was monopolistic, run by four or five big studios.