All little girls should be told they are pretty.

it is better to be happy alone than to be miserable with someone else

The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves.

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

I'll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot of things. They talk about you to the press, to their friends, tell stories, and you know, it's disappointing.

Only the public can make a star. It's the studios who try to make a system out of it.

I had to use my wits or else I'd have been sunk - and nothings going to sink me. Everyone was always pulling at me, tugging at me, as if they wanted a piece of me. It was always, 'do this, do that,' and not just on the job but off, too. God, I've tried to stay intact, whole.