When I went to Hollywood in 1927, the girls were wearing lumpy sweaters and skirts. I was wearing sleek suits and half naked beaded gowns and piles and piles of furs.

Every actor has a natural animosity toward every other actor, present or absent, living or dead

I never gave away anything without wishing I had kept it; nor kept anything without wishing I had given it away.

A well dressed woman, even though her purse is painfully empty, can conquer the world.

Love is a publicity stunt, and making love, after the first curious raptures, is only another petulant way to pass the time waiting for the studio to call.

I learned to act by watching Martha Graham dance, and I learned to dance by watching Charlie Chaplin act.

If I ever bore you, it'll be with a knife.