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"Playing our parts. Yes, we all have to do that and from childhood on, I have found that my own character has been much harder to play worthily and far harder at times to comprehend than any of the roles I have portrayed."
"The real female should be partly male and the real male should be partly female anyway."
"I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache."
"I guess I'm larger than life. That's my problem."
"What a fool I was to come to Hollywood where they only understand platinum blondes and where legs are more important than talent."
"I work to stay alive."
"I think I'll have a large order of prognosis negative."
"Dramatic art in her opinion is knowing how to fill a sweater."
"I was so uncomfortable at a party recently when the conversation droned on about women who are constantly getting married. I was on the edge of my chair, close to squirming in embarrassment because I myself was guilty of four husbands. I finally leaned forward and squeaked, 'But one died!"
"I wanted to be the first to win three Oscars, but Miss Hepburn has done it. Actually it hasn't been done. Miss Hepburn only won half an Oscar. If they'd given me half an Oscar I would have thrown it back in their faces. You see, I'm an Aries. I never lose."
"As a female I think it's a terrible hindrance in business. I think it's a terrible hindrance for any female to have a lot of intelligence in private life, but I think in business sometimes it's even worse because there's deep resentment."
"They say that in Hollywood one can't be honest, but I think honesty counts in Hollywood just as much as it does anywhere else. I think it's just too much trouble to be dishonest and keep up with yourself."
"Psychoanalysis. Almost went three times - almost. Then I decided what was peculiar about me was probably what made me successful. I've seen some very talented actors go into analysis and really lose it."
"I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it."
"I sent my flowers across the hall to Mrs Nixon but her husband remembered what a Democrat I am and sent them back."
"At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door."
"I have often seen an actor laugh off the stage, but I don't remember ever having seen one weep."
"Wave after wave of love flooded the stage and washed over me, the beginning of the one great durable romance of my life."
"I have always felt proud of my Oscars and my numerous nominations. This pride is due to the fact it was the result of voters from the members of my own profession. This, of course, is a great compliment for one's work. I hope each winner of an Oscar is as thrilled as I was when I received mine."
"I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries."