Houses are one of my passions. I probably should have been an interior decorator.

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Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an...

Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an...

My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof...

My mother would not talk to me for weeks, would not stay under my roof...

I loved to eat. For all of Hollywood's rewards, I was hungry for most of...

I loved to eat. For all of Hollywood's rewards, I was hungry for most of...

I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was...

I used to annoy my father by telling him how much I felt luck was...

Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.

Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.

Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a...

Trying to make order out of my life was like trying to pick up a...

It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are...

It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are...

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the...

I had been offered a Hollywood contract before my 18th birthday. It gave me the...

I was not cut out to be a rebel.

I was not cut out to be a rebel.

I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.

I approached everything, my job, my family, my romances, with intensity.

I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on...

I learned quickly at Columbia that the only eye that mattered was the one on...

I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so fine with myself.

I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so fine with myself.

I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read.

I hole up now and then and do nothing for days but read.

I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home...

I ask myself: Would I have been any worse off if I had stayed home...

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the...

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the...

Men are wonderful. I adore them. They always give you the benefit of the doubt.

Men are wonderful. I adore them. They always give you the benefit of the doubt.

I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.

I existed in a world that never is - the prison of the mind.

Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.

Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour...

I had known Cole Porter in Hollywood and New York, spent many a warm hour...

We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of...

We cannot calculate the numbers of people who left, fled or were fished out of...