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

I need sex for a clear complexion, but I'd rather do it for love.

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."

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

Make your wardrobe as versatile as an actress. It should be able to play many roles.

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.

The 1930s Hollywood was capable of hurting me so much. The things about Hollywood that could hurt me (when I first came) can't touch me now. I suddenly decided that they shouldn't hurt me - that was all.