I am not lucky. I am the type who would go to Lourdes and drown in the waters.

I have to tell you that it's not going to be easy. Take every chance and every opportunity that you can. Don't say 'I can't' or 'I shouldn't' or 'I'm too tired.'

I was dating a transvestite, and my mother said, "Marry him, you'll double your wardrobe."

to maintain success, stamina is more important than talent. You have to learn to be a marathon runner.

I know now that everybody in the arts is forever a beginner. Experience counts for a great deal and very little. Every night onstage I feel I am starting from scratch, still not quite sure what I am doing and where I am going, thrown by the simplest thing that goes wrong.

You know you're getting old when you buy a sexy sheer nightgown and don't know anyone who can see through it.

Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.