I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18.

I thank God who slowly dressed me in a heavy skin, otherwise I would now be dead.

One is never too old for romance.

I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.

The first time an autograph hunter told me, 'You are my mother's favorite actress,' I aged twenty years.

[On Alfred Hitchcock:] Hitch is a gentleman farmer who raises goose flesh.

In Paris, when the picture came out [Casablanca] they weren't too pleased with it. They didn't like the political point of view. The picture was taken off immediately and was never sold to television. A while ago it was brought in and opened in five theatres in Paris, as a new movie. They had a big gala opening where I appeared and people were absolutely crazy about it.