Though poor and anxious to work, I refused to alter anything. They would take me as I looked or not at all.... Eventually I profited by looking like myself and not like what was fashionable years ago with certain film technicians in Rome.

The fantasy of a man is the best weapon of a woman.

If you are a professional actor who has pride in his work, then the judgment of your peers should be important to you. I treasure each and every award I have ever received - and my Oscar is in a place of honor.

Men always marry younger girls, but sometimes when a women who's very mature marries a younger man, she's criticized. It needs to be corrected.

I am against all war.

The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty.

Style must be adapted to the woman and not vice versa. The same can be said of clothes.