All I need is the opportunity,' I said confidently. He smiled. 'Seventeen's very young, and you look even younger.' I shrugged off-handedly. 'That's a question of make-up.' Karno laughed. That shrug, he told Sydney later, got me the job.

More than machinery, we need humanity.

I've not taken like acting lessons or anything but it doesn't mean I don't need to because I'm sure I do.

I always have a full-length mirror next to the camera when I'm doing publicity stills. That way, I know how I look.

I'm unconscious while I'm acting. I live the role and am not myself.

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.