I have had a couple of marriages, but like every other woman I had a perfect right to them.

... the more you love what you do, the harder it is to do it well enough to get by yourself.

I enjoy reading biographies because I want to know about the people who messed up the world.

I was born serious and I have earned my bread making other people laugh.

I'm too homely for a prima donna and too ugly for a soubrette.

You're only as good as your last picture.

By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves.