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

One is never too old for romance.

The best way to keep young is to keep going in whatever it is that keeps you going. With me that's work, and a lot of it. And when a job is finished, relax and have fun.

Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success.

It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.

I said, "I don't think I can give you that kind of emotion." And he [Hitchcock] sat there and said, "Ingrid, fake it!" Well, that was the best advice I've had in my whole life, because in all the years to come there were many directors who gave me what I thought were quite impossible instructions and many difficult things to do, and just when I was on the verge of starting to argue with them, I heard his voice coming to me through the air saying, "Ingrid, fake it!" It saved a lot of unpleasant situations and waste of time.