When I was 6 my father went to fight in the war, so he was my big hero. I thought he was the greatest thing.

You don't retire from the movies. The movies retire you.

If you're blond, as I am, and you have blond lashes, you have to wear mascara, otherwise you're invisible on stage.

I've made the transition from star to character actor and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

You've got to be flexible. Directors do a massive amount of planning and homework, and if after all that your director decides to throw it all out of the window and shoot spontaneously, then you must follow his lead.

You must always steal, but only from the best people. Steal any trick that looks worthwhile. If you see Vivien Leigh or Robert DeNiro or Meryl Streep do something stunningly effective, and you can analyze how he or she did it, then pinch it. Because you can be sure that they stole it in the first place.

I have enough money not to do pictures ever. I'm seventy years old. I don't want to get up at 6:30 in the morning and learn ten pages of dialogue to do with a bunch of creeps I don't like. It's gotta be fun for me.