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.

A kiss is a lovely trick to stop speech.

Just give the Italians a chance for drama and they take it with both hands.

You must train your intuition - you must trust the small voice inside you which tells you exactly what to say, what to decide.

Happiness is good health and a bad memory.

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

I don't worry about it because we are all growing old. If I were the only one I would worry. But we're all in the same boat, and all of my friends are coming with me. We all go toward old age. How many years left we don't know. We just have to accept it.