In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening.

I used up every cent I had earned as an actress.

Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.

Men are wonderful. I adore them. They always give you the benefit of the doubt.

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

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the spark I needed.

About my career I was serious and earnest, sometimes impatient.