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.

when one never speaks, one has nothing to say because one has too much to say.

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

On acting to daughter Isabella Rossellini: Keep it simple. Make a blank face and the music and the story will fill it in.

I'm only interested in two kinds of people, those who can entertain me and those who can advance my career.

I won't do this movie because I don't believe the love story," she told Selznick. "The heroine is an intellectual woman, and an intellectual woman simply can't fall in love so deeply.

There are advantages to being a star though - you can always get a table in a full restaurant.