Be yourself. The world worships the original.

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.

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

A kiss is the natures way to stop a conversation, when the words are superfluous

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

I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with [Humphrey Bogart].

I don't think anyone has the right to intrude in your life, but they do. I would like people to separate the actress and the woman.