In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star

Today everyone is a star - they're all billed as starring or also starring. In my day, we earned that recognition

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it

Don't get up. And please stop acting as if I were the queen mother!

I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep

People often become actresses because of something they dislike about themselves They pretend they are someone else

Without wonder and insight, acting is just a trade. With it, it becomes creation

Acting should be bigger than life. Scripts should be bigger than life. It should all be bigger than life

If you want a thing done well, get a couple of old broads to do it.

Old age is no place for sissies