What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin.

Once a crowd chased me for an autograph. "Beat it", I said, "go sit on a tack!" "We made you", they said. "Like hell you did", I told them.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.

The thing about life is that you must survive. Life is going to be difficult, and dreadful things will happen. What you do is move along, get on with it, and be tough. Not in the sense of being mean to others, but being tough with yourself and making a deadly effort not to be defeated.

I don't give a damn about marriage. But I do care about honor.

I have loved and been in love. There's a big difference.

The woman's position in the world today is so much harder than a man's that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.