A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.

Hollywood - an emotional Detroit.

The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable.

It had been drilled into us that when an audience pays to see a performance, it is entitled to the best performance you can give.Nothing in your personal life must interfere, neither fatigue, illness, nor anxiety--not even joy.

You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.

I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an entirely new art form. It was not just pantomine, but something wonderfully expressive.

You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.