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.

Dammit, don't you dare ask God to help me!

I remember most clearly when a teenage Christopher spat in my face. He said, "I hate you". It's pretty hard to overlook that. I couldn't.

I'd like to think every director I've worked with has fallen in love with me, I know Dorothy Arzner did.

Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.

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

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."