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.

The roses you lifted to your lips ... lucky roses!

The kingdom of God is within man, not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you!

I hate the sight of blood, but it's in my veins.

Brunettes are troublemakers. They're worse than the Jews.

Even when I was in the orphanage, when I was roaming the street trying to find enough to eat, even then I thought of myself as the greatest actor in the world. I had to feel the exuberance that comes from utter confidence in yourself. Without it, you go down to defeat.