I can't say I believe in prizes. I was a whiz in the three-legged race - that's something you CAN win.

I realised long ago that skirts are hopeless. Anytime I hear a man say he prefers a woman in a skirt, I say, 'Try one. Try a skirt.'

Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you've got less to sell.

I don't think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.

Two of an actress's greatest assets are love and pain. A great actress, even a good actress, must have plenty of both in her life.

I was brought up by two extremely intelligent people who gave me the greatest gift that man can give anyone, and that is freedom from fear.

You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don't, for any reason, ever tell the truth.