Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.

I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times.

I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.

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

In repose, my face looks as though I had gone through a terrible deal in the last five minutes. I have to disguise the expression and get a glassy-eyed look. That's something I learned from my dog.

I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am.

Never do nothing you wouldnt want printed on the front page of The New York Times.