Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?

I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate.

I'm trying to eliminate every vestige of my own personality, style, approach and get into somebody else's skin. Sometimes I feel I've accomplished it. But when I don't, I'm nobody at all, having left myself at home

Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?

I was bargaining for time away from Hollywood, and Columbia was bargaining for money. I got what I wanted and they got what they wanted. They knew I was so anxious to do Born Yesterday that I'd have done it for a dollar. They gave me the next best thing.

If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything

I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg.