when one never speaks, one has nothing to say because one has too much to say..

In Hollywood, you're never any better than your last picture..

A kiss is a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear; kisses are the messengers of love and tenderness..

I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with [Humphrey Bogart]..

Be yourself. The world worships the original..

It's not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying..

I have grown up alone. I've taken care of myself. I worked, earned money and was independent at 18..

There's nothing like a love song to give you a good laugh..

my life has been wonderful. I have done what I felt like. I was given courage and I was given adventure and that has carried me along. And then also ….

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money; it's the talent and the passion that count in success..

On acting to daughter Isabella Rossellini: Keep it simple. Make a blank face and the music and the story will fill it in..

Thank you for your coffee, seignior. I shall miss that when we leave Casablanca..

I didn't choose acting. It chose me..

I have had my different husbands, my families. I am fond of them all and I visit them all. But deep inside me there is the feeling that I belong to s….

I regret the things I didn't do, not what I did..

Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left..

I don't worry about it because we are all growing old. If I were the only one I would worry. But we're all in the same boat, and all of my friends ar….

I always felt guilty. My whole life..

If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing..

Happiness is good health and a bad memory..

The first time an autograph hunter told me, 'You are my mother's favorite actress,' I aged twenty years..