"I've had one husband, one daughter, one house, and no lovers."

"I took my work seriously. Everything I did had a purpose. It wasn't just a superficial acting job for the moment. It was tremendously important to me ... but ... I knew all along that acting was not everything there was."

"I find I like sitting on the fence, not having to make decisions, more than sitting in front of a camera these days."

"I have much to be thankful for and I am.  My hunches have been good to me."

"God does not read an actress's press clippings."

"Nothing can replace the excitement, the magic, and yes the glamour of a Ziegfeld show."

"The glamour of Hollywood has never worn thin for me. I'm just as excited today over autograph fans as I was the day I arrived, and just as disappointed if I'm ignored."

"Now, Claudette Colbert lived next door and she's finish a movie on Saturday-- we worked Saturdays in those days-- and begin wondering what she was doing on Monday. I lacked that terrifying ambition. I drifted into acting and drifted out. Acting is not everything. Living is."

"I know all the swear words. I just don't use them. There are worse things in life than being called a Lady."

"I've always been a religious person. I think faith is terribly important--not that I want to be a professional Catholic or try to sell my religion to anyone else. But I was thinking the other day about Saint Peter, who went out fishing who, though he had fished all night and caught nothing, still let down his net again. That's what all of us have to do, I think. We say we're tired, but we have to go out, and try and try and try-- again and again! And that's not religious faith. That's just faith in-- possibilities! I'm proud of what I've done. But I've just scratched the surface. I want to be the kind of woman that can grow and go on growing."

 

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