What acting means is that you’ve got to get out of your own skin.
The shakes stop if you drink enough, but then so does everything else.
I am a total me, me, Me person.
I think the reason that very few people really fall in love with anyone is that they’re not willing to pay the price.
You sell yourself. The part that I sell is the creature. The adorable part.
I was brought up by two extremely intelligent people who gave me the greatest gift that man can give anyone, and that is freedom from fear.
I’m a legend because I’ve survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate – I’m still paddling the goddamned boat myself.
I think all good actors are personalities. If they’re not, they’re not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.
I can’t say I believe in prizes. I was a whiz in the three-legged race – that’s something you CAN win.
You never feel that you have fame. It’s always in back of you.
My father, a surgeon and urologist, studied sex professionally all his life. Before he died at 82, he told me he hadn’t come to any conclusions about it at all.
I always wanted to be a movie actress. I thought it was very romantic. And it was.
Don’t give in! Make your own trail. Don’t moan. Don’t complain. Think positively.
I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
If you lead a public life, people are much more on to you than you think.
I don’t believe in marriage. It’s bloody impractical. ‘To love, honor, and obey.’ If it weren’t, you wouldn’t have to sign a contract.
Show me an actress who isn’t a personality and I’ll show you a woman who isn’t a star.
I realised long ago that skirts are hopeless. Anytime I hear a man say he prefers a woman in a skirt, I say, ‘Try one. Try a skirt.’
I don’t think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
Afraid of death? Not at all. Be a great relief. Then I wouldn’t have to talk to you.