A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.

I'm looking forward to becoming a marvelous - excuse the word marvelous - character actress. like Marie Dressler, like Will Rogers.

An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.

In leaving Hollywood and coming to New York, I feel I can be more myself. After all, if I can't be myself, what's the good of being anything at all?

Beneath the makeup and behind the smile I am just a girl who wishes for the world.

An actor is supposed to be a sensitive instrument. Isaac Stern takes good care of his violin. What if everybody jumped on his violin?