Where there is hope, there is no despair.

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

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

My parents argued more than I remembered, about money and all the little things that disguise the truth that you are still arguing about money.

I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.

I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on the camera.