For acting, darlings, is the world's most perilous trade. Compared with actors, steeple jacks and deep-sea divers lead snug and placid lives.

A Republican. A Republican. That's worse than being a goddamned Communist!

My progress reminded me of the horses in The Whip. They raced at the limit of their speed directly toward the audience. But they raced on a treadmill which canceled out their progress.

I think the Republican party should be placed in drydock and have the barnacles scraped off its bottom.

I detest acting because it is sheer drudgery.

Only good girls keep diaries. Bad girls don't have time.

Do you know what my ambition is in life? To be without ambition. As far back as I can remember I've been absolutely hag-ridden. I'd like to attain the state of mind that the Indians call Nirvana. That, for me, would happen if I were free of ambition.