As a mother you have got to have a view for now and a view for the future.

Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.

The people I admire most are those who struggle for everyone.

You can't be striving to please; you must be striving to get to the heart of the matter.

Ask the right questions if you're going to find the right answers.

A conservative frame of mind is very limiting for an actor, and a human being, too.

I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water.

The arts stop society going rotten and mad.

Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.

One of the joys of cinema is that, given the right circumstances, and the genius director, an incredibly wonderfully actor can become the embodiment of his character.

Theater helps people keep sane.

The darkness of ignorance, blindfold us.

Find the perfection in imperfection and be happy.

I love writing and can't imagine not being able to do it. I want an easy life and if it had been difficult doing it I wouldn't be doing it. I do admire writers who do it even though it costs them.

There is no subject on which more dangerous nonsense is talked and thought than marriage.

Get dealt a set of cards in life, and just deal with them........no problem.

High school popularity is so fickle.

I lost my temper on stage.

Honor is a term much used but little understood.

Some people liked Rudolph Valentino. I liked Rin Tin Tin.

Ideally, I'd prefer never having to be in a test-screening environment. Some famous director said "The group is smart, the individuals are stupid," about the experience of a test screening.