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

From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical side of shooting a sound picture.

Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by the simplest of such injunctions.

I am a very pragmatic person.

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

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

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.