I hate biographies which say, I was called to such and such an office, and he offered me so and so, and I got so and so money. I find that very tedious. The best biographies are written by other people.

Cinema will always have an important role to play in society.

What the public expects to encounter in an actress passed 70 is the sum of her experience, not her beauty.

I got what I have now through knowing the right time to tell terrible people when to go to hell.

I hate biographies which say, I was called to such and such an office, and he offered me so and so, and I got so and so money. I find that very tedious. The best biographies are written by other people.

There were many good actresses in my time like Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds, but I was the only dancer.

I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet.