I’ve always treated my children as beings in their own right. I respect their feelings and aspirations entirely.

I get up at seven for the make-up, Rita Hayworth at six, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis at five. I don’t want to know the time when I’ll have to come to the studio even earlier.

I am basically a feminist. I think that women can do anything they decide to do.

Although I’ve played a wide variety of roles, I’ve never had the chance to act in a story written specially for me. It’s a pity as they are the only stories that really let you reveal your personality.

I avoid looking back. I prefer good memories to regrets.

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 do isometrics in church so while I'm doing my soul some good, I'm doing my body some good, too.