I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European.

I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again.

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent.

Key West for me was a tropical island paradise.

The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do a publicity tour.

The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event.

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.