"I am not a beauty, I am a brain."

"One director never spoke to me, not even hello in the morning. Mr. Mayer never spoke to me. One day I said, 'Mr. Mayer, why don't you ever say hello to me?' He said, 'Why should I? You're not my wife.…"

"I'm not a good actress."

"I think an artist's career is a lifelong process of discovery."

"Men are most virile and most attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don't have time to teach him."