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

In Hollywood, you're never any better than your last picture.

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

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 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.

I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.

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.