I'm not young. What's wrong with that?

People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a great handicap.

You know the passage where Scarlett voices her happiness that her mother is dead, so that she can't see what a bad girl Scarlett has become? Well, that's me.

I think acting is an important profession, because acting can give you pleasure and can teach you at the same time, and that is a good thing.

I always know my lines.

I loved fencing and dancing and elocution.

Dear Lord, I'm so grateful I'm still loved.

I've always been mad about cats.

I will not be ignored.

Things are simple when you're going to die.

It's much easier to make people cry than to laugh.

Life is too short to work so hard.

Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show.

I'm not a film star; I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.

People who are very beautiful make their own laws.

Most of us have compromised with life. Those who fight for what they want will always thrill us.

I guess when all is said and done, if there is one last commentary on me, I would want it to be said that I participated in my life. I was a full participant.