The best things in life are clean living, good works, and big saphires. And not in that order.

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

A woman isn't complete without a man. But where do you find a man - a real man - these days?

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].

My mother was the greatest example to me of anyone I've ever known. She didn't have an easy life. I adored her. She worked hard all her life, and she was the one who set my values. She was quite an amazing woman, although she wasn't tough at all.

I find that through the sad times, work is what made my continuing, not breaking down, possible. In work, I was always someone else and I subconsciously reveled in that.

Legends are all to do with the past and nothing to do with the present.