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Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life....  
An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it...  
At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fair...  
Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.  
Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'...  
Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If the...  
Don't get up. And please stop acting as if I were the queen mother!  
Everybody has a heart. Except some people.  
Evil people you never forget them. And that's the aim of any actress-n...  
Fasten your seat belts. It's going to be a bumpy night!  
First time was when I was 26 and got married - and it was hell waiting...  
From the moment I was six I felt sexy. And let me tell you it was hell...  
Gary was a macho man, but none of my husbands was ever man enough to b...  
Gay Liberation? I ain't against it, it's just that there's nothing in ...  
Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.  
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved sa...  
I didn't forget your breakfast. I didn't bring your breakfast. Because...  
I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a hea...   Movies
I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phras...  
I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactle...  
I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember e...  
I must start wearing a watch. I never have you know.  
I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to ...  
I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long sa...  
I see - she's the original good time that was had by all.  
I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembe...  
I think I'll have a large order of prognosis negative.  
I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has don...  
I was never beautiful like Miss Hayworth or Miss Lamarr. I was known a...  
I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - ...  
I was the Marlon Brando of my generation.  
I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.  
I will never be below the title.  
I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.  
I work to stay alive.  
I wouldn't worry too much about your heart. You can always put that aw...  
I'd luv to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair.  
I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, woul...   Marriage
I'm the nicest goddamn dame that ever lived.  
I've always liked men better than women.  
I've been lucky. I'll be lucky again.  
I've lost my faith in science.  
If my guests do not like it here, I suggest they accompany you to the ...  
If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.  
In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.  
In this rat-race everybody's guilty till proved innocent!  
It is my last wish to be burried sitting up.  
Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage f...  
Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone-but not...  
Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it ...  
My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. ...  
Oh, don't let's ask for the moon. We've already got the stars.  
Old age is no place for sissies.   Age
Peformance number 1,000, if I play it that long, will take place in a ...  
People often become actresses because of something they dislike about ...  
Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what ...  
Sex is God's joke on human beings.  
She is the original good time that was had by all.  
Strong women only marry weak men.  
That's me: an old kazoo with some sparklers.  
The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down...  
The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work...  
There are new words now that excuse everybody. Give me the good old da...  
This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order ...  
Three years ago i was forty... forty! Four-oh! That slipped out. Now I...  
Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as 'starring' or 'also s...  
Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the begi...  
We movie stars all end up by ourselves. Who knows? Maybe we want to.  
We're all busy little bees, full of stings, making honey day and night...  
Who gossips so much around here?  
Why am I so good at playing bitches? I think it's because I'm not a bi...  
With the newspaper strike on, I wouldn't consider dying.  
Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it become...  
You can't say I didn't fall for you.  
You know what I'm going to have on my gravestone? "She did it the hard...  
You should know me well enough by now to know I don't ask for things I...