The roles that are written for women as they grow older in theater are much richer and much more powerful..

Oh, am I wearing an ascot? I didn't notice..

The faith that I love the best, says God, is hope..

Nothing exists but him..

The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night..

Everything is dead while it lives..

Can'ttrustpeople. Won'tdoanygood. They'llkillyoueverytime. They'llkilleachother. They'llkilleveryone..

Everybody changes, not just me..

I thought we talked things out!' 'Yes, and you listened very carefully to every word you had to say..

There were centuries when civilization had no theater..

That’s what you do for family. Anything..

The old Lena is dead..

I joined Tommy Dorsey at the Paramount Theater in New York as a singer. I replaced Frank Sinatra..

What cannot be imagined cannot even be talked about..

The theater was my mother and my father..

Music gave me something to do in my life..

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?.

Eat right and you can’t go wrong..

I don't like overt traditionalism..

I love seeing things that work in the micro and work in the macro..

The worse they are the more they see beauty in each other..