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

Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress.

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.

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

my life has been wonderful. I have done what I felt like. I was given courage and I was given adventure and that has carried me along. And then also a sense of humor and a little bit of common sense. It has been a very rich life.

[On Alfred Hitchcock:] Hitch is a gentleman farmer who raises goose flesh.

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