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.

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.

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.

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.

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

A kiss is a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear; kisses are the messengers of love and tenderness.

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.