Growing up takes longer than you think.

If there was one thing I had never been, it was mysterious, and if there was one thing I had never done, it was not talk.

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 finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage.

Always I'm feeling, 'You're never going to work again.' That's going to happen one day, but I hope I'm not alive.

The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm in control of every situation. I'm rarely in control of any situation.

How many women do we know who were continually kissed by Clark Gable, William Powell, Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy and Fredric March? Only one: Myrna Loy...