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

Of all the actresses ... to me, only Faye Dunaway has the talent and the class and the courage it takes to make a real star.

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

Learn to breathe, learn to speak, but first... learn to feel.

They were grooming Doris Day to take over the top spot. Jack L. Warner asked me to play her sister in one picture. I said, "Come on, Jack. No one could ever believe that I would have Doris Day for a sister."

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

Life deals from the bottom, sometimes, doesn't it?