How many women do we know who were continually kissed by Clark Gable, William Powell, Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy and Fredric March? Only one: Myrna Loy.
Being a liberal is the best thing on earth you can be. You are welcoming to everyone when you’re a liberal. You do not have a small mind.
Looking at yourself in a mirror isn’t exactly a study of life.
Men need to feel important. They feel better when they’re with younger girls or unknown girls.
In Hollywood, an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty percent of publicity.
I’m total, total, total liberal and proud of it.
I hope I’m thought of as not just a showbiz personality, but as someone who has lived a life and who has hopefully made a contribution to something along the way – someone who is a human being as well as an actress.
I am essentially a loner.
I remember my oldest son, Steve, saying to me once, ‘I don’t ever remember seeing you with an apron on.’ And I thought, that’s right, honey, you did not. That was his concept of what a mother should be.
Generally women are better than men – they have more character. I prefer men for some things, obviously, but women have a greater sense of honor and are more willing to take a chance with their lives.
I called my business manager in California and said, ‘Sell all of my stock’ – what little of it I had – and it’s the only smart financial move I ever made.
I always thought I had crooked eyebrows and crooked teeth. That’s why I never understood why people called me a beauty.
The madmen seem to live on forever, don’t they?
All actors are terrified – they just learn how to control it.
How long an actress lives professionally depends on her stamina, the extent of her masochism, her imagination, and her yearning for recognition or approval.
The first time anything happens to you – your first love, your first success – the second one is never the same.
I’ve always felt that work – learning from people who know more than I know – is what keeps you going.
How in hell can you handle love without turning your life upside down? That’s what love does, it changes everything.
I don’t consider myself a great actress. I’m just trying to stay alive, actually. I think I’m good, and I’ve learned a lot, certainly, mostly in the theater. I’ve been sloughed off movies for years. But what can you do? That’s life.
My mother was the greatest example to me of anyone I’ve ever known. She didn’t have an easy life. I adored her. She worked hard all her life, and she was the one who set my values. She was quite an amazing woman, although she wasn’t tough at all.