If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions.

When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure.

Sometimes it seems that we are successful only because we have not tried hard enough for our best. We do the hard thing, and one day we succeed, and many things are made plain to us.

I thought I was an odd person, and since my hometown had only about 70,000 people in it, I knew I was going to have to leave there and go out and find other odd people.

If I have smashed the traditions, it was because I knew no traditions.

Modeling is a great beginning, but it's also a kind of trap if you have any ambition or a mind that needs to be stimulated.

I never really wanted to be a model. But when the opportunity came, I grabbed it.