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

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.

For years it never occurred to me to question the judgment of those in charge at the studio.

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.

As an actress, I was trained to show emotion I did not feel, or no emotion at all.

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

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour at his home, and met the talented and original people who were drawn to him.