Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know - I've been using it for years.

Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.

[To the man who came up to her at a party and exclaimed effusively, 'Tallulah! I haven't seen you for 41 years!':] I thought I told you to wait in the car.

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.

I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess.

If you know your Bible and your Shakespeare and can shoot craps, you have a liberal education.

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