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

We live in an age of mediocrity. Stars today are not the same stature as Bogie [Humphrey Bogart], James Cagney, Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart [James Stewart].

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

I'll miss Hollywood. Of the twenty friends I thought I had, I'll miss the six I really had.

I always thought I had crooked eyebrows and crooked teeth. That's why I never understood why people called me a beauty.

In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.

Stardom isn't a profession, it's an accident.