“I just want to be wonderful.”

“I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.”

“The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.”

“Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.”

“I had to use my wits or else I'd have been sunk - and nothings going to sink me. Everyone was always pulling at me, tugging at me, as if they wanted a piece of me. It was always, 'do this, do that,' and not just on the job but off, too. God, I've tried to stay intact, whole.”

“A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night”

“Some people have been unkind. If I say I want to grow as an actress, they look at my figure. If I say I want to develop, to learn my craft, they laugh. Somehow they don't expect me to be serious about my work.”