I don't want to be married to someone who feels inferior to my success or because I make more money than he does.

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.

If anybody starts using me as scenery, I'll return to New York.

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.

I've had happy moments in my life, but I don't think that happiness-- being happy-- is a perpetual state that anyone can be in. Life isn't that way.

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.

I never say 'never,' and I never say 'always.'