What I've learned in the past 12 years of recording (I made my first CD at 12) is how important it is to find one's authentic voice.

When Ava Gardner get in a taxi, the driver knows at once she’s Ava Gardner. It’s the same for Lana Turner or Elizabeth Taylor, but not for me. I’m never Grace Kelly, I’m always someone who looks like Grace Kelly.

A person has to keep something to herself or you're life is just a layout in a magazine.

I hated Hollywood. It’s a town without pity. Only success counts. I know of no other place in the world where so many people suffer from nervous breakdowns, where there are so many alcoholics, neurotics and so much unhappiness.

Hollywood amuses me. Holier-than-thou for the public and unholier-than-the-devil in reality

I loved acting. I didn’t particularly like being a movie star.

Mr. Hitchcock taught me everything about cinema. It was thanks to him that I understood that murder scenes should be shot like love scenes and love scenes like murder scenes.