Some young Hollywood starlets remind me of my grandmother's old farmhouse -- all painted up nice on the front side, a big swing on the backside, and ….

Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference..

To look back is to relax one's vigil..

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent..

If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it..

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the grav….

Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars..

Being called very, very difficult is the beginning of success. Until you're called very, very difficult you're really nobody at all..

As a female I think it's a terrible hindrance in business. I think it's a terrible hindrance for any female to have a lot of intelligence in private ….

I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair..

It's true we don't know what we've got until its gone, but we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives. Pleasure of love lasts but a momen….

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it..

Women are the essential part of the theater but the writers are not writing about women. I think they're too perplexed about the whole female situati….

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves: They pretend they are someone else..

May each of my grandsons know, at an early age, what his life's ambition is -- and may he be successful in his pursuit of that goal..

Sex is God's joke on human beings..

People stood on their chairs, cheering and waving. And it was all for me! Waves of love flooded the stage and washed over me. I started to cry. The s….

I have eyes like a bullfrog, a neck like an ostrich and long, limp hair. You just have to be good to survive with that equipment..

I was thought to be 'stuck up.' I wasn't. I was just sure of myself. This is and always has been an unforgivable quality to the unsure..

I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed..

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did..