He gave me a look at myself I've never had before. He saw something in me nobody else ever did. He made me see it too. He made me believe it.

You know something? I'm decent! There isn't a great deal of decency in the world, especially in our business, and I'm one of the few really decent ladies around.

I try to bring the audience's own drama - tears and laughter they know about - to them.

How strange when an illusion dies. It's as though you've lost a child.

You are never so alone as when you are ill on stage. The most nightmarish feeling in the world is suddenly to feel like throwing up in front of four thousand people.

If I am a legend, then why am I so lonely?

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.