the real stakes in the theater are high - they are life stakes. That's what I love about it. You gamble with your life, and that's a gamble worth taking.

The early romance was the most romantic experience I have ever had in my life - far surpassing anything I might've dreamed of or imagined, it was quite amazing. When you are young and it's your first love and you are just carried away by it and that's all you can think about.

God if the press ever quoted anyone correctly it would be brilliant.

You don't always win your battles, but it's good to know you fought.

You can't always be a leading lady.

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

I remember my oldest son, Steve, saying to me once, 'I don't ever remember seeing you with an apron on.' And I thought, that's right, honey, you did not. That was his concept of what a mother should be.