I was a strict disciplinarian, perhaps too strict at times, but my God, without discipline what is life?

all that time hanging around the sets, watching Norma Shearer make the most of her three expressions, was a help.

You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.

Be afraid of nothing.

If I can't be me, I don't want to be anybody. I was born that way.

You know the troubles I've had with my two older children. I can't understand why it turned out so badly. I tried to give them everything. I loved them and tried to keep them near me, even when they didn't return my love. Well, I couldn't make them love me, but they could have shown some respect. I couldn't insist on love, but I could insist on respect.

Hollywood is like life, you face it with the sum total of your equipment.