Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?

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

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

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

I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.

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I had read the criticisms of me and my movies and they were discerning. They said that Crawford needs a new deal, and they asked if I was doomed to explore forever the emotional misfortunes of the super-sexed modern young woman. And so, to break away from the pattern, I wanted to do "The Gorgeous Hussy". Selznick laughed at me. 'You can't do a costume picture. You're too modern.' But I begged and begged and begged, and so they let me do it. I was totally miscast.