It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it.

It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.

I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I.

The casting couch? There's only one of us who ever made it to stardom without it, and that was Bette Davis.

I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.

If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die.

Most of us don't know about happiness until it's over.

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.

I've always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don't.

Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair.

You have no idea what a long-legged gal can do without doing anything.

The sweetest joy the wildest woe is love.

I grew up in a house of no love or emotion - it kind of sticks with you.

The history of this country was made largely by people who wanted to be left alone. Those who could not thrive when left to themselves never felt at ease in America.

Living in America has made me more practical. And, at the same time, exactly the opposite, because I'm very open to different ways of being and seeing that are completely not practical.

What about Mickey Mouse? Disney tried very hard to make him a star. But Mickey Mouse is more of a symbol than a real character.

There's nothing else I would rather do, unless there was a profession that involved cuddling bunny rabbits and kittens all day for money.

The public has a right to art ... Art is for everybody.

Writers have no real area of expertise. They are merely generalists with a highly inflamed sense of punctuation.

My advice is, if you are going to go on 'X Factor,' you have to know who you are as an artist.

America is a new country, and maybe patriotism helps Americans create unity, since it is a melting pot. But nationalism in Europe has a strong history, as you may know.