My mother was Irish and she was superstitious, if you'll forgive the tautology.
Where is there beauty when you see deprivation and starvation?
When something happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
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.
Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.
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.