Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.

I've always thought men and women are not too well suited to each other. It's inevitable that they should come together, but, again, how well suited are they to live together in the same house?

Bogart was like Henry Fonda - proud and happy to be an actor.

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

Cold sober, I find myself absolutely fascinating.

The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one's responsibilities: That's happiness.

Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.