I think any classical training in the theatre is of enormous value.

My parents were absolutely delighted that I knew what I wanted to do.

Every single night I'm nervous. You never know how the audience is going to react.

In Britain, an attractive woman is somehow suspect. If there is talent as well, it is overshadowed. Beauty and brains just can't be entertained; someone has been too extravagant. This does not happen in America or on the Continent, for the looks of a woman are considered a positive advertisement for her gifts and don't detract from them.

Who could quarrel with Clark Gable? We got on well. Whenever anyone on the set was tired or depressed, it was Gable who cheered that person up. Then the newspapers began printing the story that Gable and I were not getting on. This was so ridiculous it served only as a joke. From the time on the standard greeting between Clark and myself became, 'How are you not getting on today?'

I'm not a film star; I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.

I will not be ignored.