An affair now and then is good for a marriage. It adds spice, stops it from getting boring... I ought to know.

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I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which...

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which...

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.

The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down...

The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down...

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them -...

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them -...

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given...

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given...

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

I survived because I was tougher than anybody else.

If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do...

If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do...

I've been lucky. I'll be lucky again.

I've been lucky. I'll be lucky again.

Your luck is how you treat people

Your luck is how you treat people

I've always liked men better than women.

I've always liked men better than women.

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success...

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success...

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense...

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense...

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare...

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare...

To look back is to relax one's vigil.

To look back is to relax one's vigil.

Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years...

Locations are all tough, all miserable. I never left the sound stage for 18 years...

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all...

Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all...

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what...

I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what...

Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me...

Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me...

The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the...

The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the...