"The ladder of success in Hollywood is usually a press agent, actor, director, producer, leading man; and you are a star if you sleep with each of them in that order. Crude, but true."

"I prefer to live in my own world."

"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.…"

"The greatest joy one can have is to be oneself."

"The main thing is to keep your mind alive."