When television killed comedy and love stories, the movie makers went in slugging. They offered the downbeat, the degenerate as competition. This seems to me to be a sad campaign for Hollywood to use to combat box office disaster.

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

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

I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser.

I had always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form... a beautiful house, beautiful man, a beautiful life and image. I was ambitious to get the money which would attain all that for me.

If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don't need an analyst.

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