It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.

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They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

My heart is as pure as the driven slush.

My heart is as pure as the driven slush.

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick...

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick...

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Nobody can be exactly me. Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

Acting is a form of confession.

Acting is a form of confession.

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without...

I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without...

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

I've been called many things, but never an intellectual.

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call...

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call...

They made me sound as if I'd been castrated.

They made me sound as if I'd been castrated.

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I...

The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I...

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like...

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like...

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to...

I did what I could to inflate the rumor I was on my way to...

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in...

I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in...

There is less in this than meets the eye.

There is less in this than meets the eye.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

It's the good girls who keep diaries; the bad girls never have the time.

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be...

If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be...

Acting is a form of confusion.

Acting is a form of confusion.

Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.

Cocaine habit-forming? Of course not. I ought to know. I've been using it for years.