I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet.

I longed to break out of the system and do different roles.

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

The most important thing is to remain active and to love what you are doing.

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.

I think it's the end of progress if you stand still and think of what you've done in the past. I keep on.

In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?