That's the way it is: you have to show your initiative, you have to show talent and availability, and still have an awful lot of luck.

- Joan Leslie

I'd like to play nothing but good characters.

- Joan Leslie

Who on earth can feel any respect for a girl who chases?

- Joan Leslie

On the set you just have to listen very closely, listen to everyone around you, absorb everything and try to be what they want you to be with the lit…

- Joan Leslie