I entered the cosmetics industry because I wanted more women to use cosmetics made with safe, healthful ingredients.

The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to a desert cave and rethink my life.

All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in.

I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception of my friend Mary Pickford.

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.

I have gone through a long apprenticeship. I have gone through enough of being a nobody. I have decided that when I am a star, I will be every inch and every moment the star! Everybody from the studio gateman to the highest executive will know it.

It's amazing to find that so many people, who I thought really knew me, could have thought that 'Sunset Boulevard' was autobiographical. I've got nobody floating in my swimming pool.