I don't have to assert my virility. I think my career has shown that I'm not exactly a pantywaist. But I do take pride in my work, even to the point of being the first one on the set in the morning. I'm a professional.

Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind.

Getting rid of a man without hurting his masculinity is a problem. "Get out" and "I never want to see you again" might sound like a challenge. If you want to get rid of a man, I suggest saying, "I love you. . . . I want to marry you. . . . I want to have your children." Sometimes they leave skid marks.

Women have the right to work wherever they want, as long as they have the dinner ready when you get home.

General MacArthur told me, "You represent the American serviceman better than the American serviceman himself."

I believe humor nullifies violence.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.