Well, we can skip childhood because I didn't have any. Not one goddam moment on the Good Ship Lollipop.

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

If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear people say, 'There's Joan Crawford!' I turn around and say, 'Hi! How are you!'

There was a saying around MGM: "Norma Shearer got the productions, Greta Garbo supplied the art, and Joan Crawford made the money to pay for both".

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

Sure, I'd play an ape if they asked me. Maurice Evans did.

Then there's that 'You're only as old as you feel' business, which is true to a point, but you can't be Shirley Temple on the Good Ship Lollipop forever. Sooner or later, dammit, you're old.