I live like a monk: with one toothbrush, one cake of soap, and a pot of cream.

Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.

The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secret elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me.

Why haven't I got a husband and children?" mused Greta Garbo to the Dutchess of Windsor, "I never met a man I could marry.

I always wanted to do my best. I got nothing free—I had to work hard.

It could be so beautiful here if the Americans themselves had not made it so ugly with their big buildings, their millions of cars, and noise.

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.