Everyones childhood plays itself out. No wonder no one knows the other or can completely understand.

(about her teen years) My admirers all said the same thing in different ways. It was my fault, their wanting to kiss and hug me.

I want to say to the people, if I am a star, the people made me a star. No studio, no person, but the people did.

I have noticed... that men usually leave married women alone and are inclined to treat all wives with respect. This is no great credit to married women.

I didn't mind being thought of as dumb. I knew I wasn't.

Everybody says I can't act. They said the same thing about Elizabeth Taylor. And they were wrong. She was great in A Place in the Sun. I'll never get the right part, anything I really want. My looks are against me. They're too specific.

My illusions didn't have anything to do with being a fine actress. I knew how third rate I was. I could actually feel my lack of talent, as if it were cheap clothes I was wearing inside. But, my God, how I wanted to learn, to change, to improve!