I never understood the theory, once popular among doctors, that blamed mental disorders on too little or too much mother love. My own mother was my darling.

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

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

Fonda and Gary Cooper had the best sense of timing of all the actors I knew.

There were days that I worked all the time, without a layoff, or a rest, finishing one picture and reporting for another sometimes on the same day.

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

Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can't provide the chemistry between an audience and what appears on the stage or screen.