I don't forgive people because I'm weak, I forgive them because I am strong enough to know people make mistakes.

Some of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it. I loved anything that moved up there and I didn't miss anything that happened and there was no popcorn either.

Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.'

It's not to much fun to know yourself too well or think you do - everyone needs a little conceit to carry them through & past the falls.

Hollywood parties not only confuse me, but they often disillusion me. The disillusion comes when I meet a movie star I’ve been admiring since childhood. I always thought that movie stars were exciting and talented people full of special personality. Meeting one of them at a party I discover usually that he (or she) is colorless and even frightened. I’ve often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.

If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.

Love is something you cant invent, no matter how much you want to.