"Oh, I'm rather fond of him that way. It shows that deep down he's a fake." -on her graying 1935 Oscar for Jezebel. |
[when told not to speak ill of the dead] 'Just because someone is dead does not mean they have changed!' |
A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else |
Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life. |
An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know. |
At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door. |
Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work. |
Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it's not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world |
Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did. |
Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent. |
Don't get up. And please stop acting as if I were the queen mother! |
Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater. |
Everybody has a heart. Except some people. |
Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-never to be forgotten. |
Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night! |