It's fine to have talent, but talent is the last of it. In an acting career, as in an acting performance, you've got to have vitality. The secret of successful acting is identical with a woman's beauty secret: joy in living.

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

The White House is one of the few places in downtown Washington where you can get something to eat after 11 o'clock at night.

It's fine to have talent, but talent is the last of it. In an acting career, as in an acting performance, you've got to have vitality. The secret of successful acting is identical with a woman's beauty secret: joy in living.

Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.

Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic.

The only man who could make a love scene comfortable was Clark Gable. He was born graceful, he knew what to do with his feet and when he took hold of you, there was no fooling around.