Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who'll play the piano after dinner, and I know you're not really invited for yourself. You're just an ornament.

The outside world wants me to have glamour; my fans want me glamorous. I won't let them down.

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

A man has a tendency to accept you the way you are, while most women immediately start to pick flaws and want to change you.

All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I'd worry about whether it would hurt them. I would tell them: 'Don't hide these things from me. I'd rather you ask me these things straight out, and I'll answer all your questions.'

I don't look at myself as a commodity, but I'm sure a lot of people have.

Acting isn't something you do. Instead of doing it, it occurs. If you're going to start with logic, you might as well give up. You can have conscious preparation, but you have unconscious results.