Remember what Bogie and my mother both used to say: 'Character is the most important thing. All that matters is character!'

Each time a friend dies, the present becomes the past, in an instant.

I don't consider myself a great actress. I'm just trying to stay alive, actually. I think I'm good, and I've learned a lot, certainly, mostly in the theater. I've been sloughed off movies for years. But what can you do? That's life.

A man's illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider. You are healthy.

The first time anything happens to you - your first love, your first success - the second one is never the same.

Standing still is the fastest way of moving backwards in a rapidly changing world.

I called my business manager in California and said, 'Sell all of my stock' - what little of it I had - and it's the only smart financial move I ever made.