Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.

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

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

I am a very pragmatic person.

My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

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

Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made about Hollywood.