I am basically the sort of person who has stage-fright teaching. I kind of creep into a classroom. I'm not an anecdote-teller, either, although I often wish I were.
It's hard to keep on being civil when they ask you such annoying questions.
I was shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of my sister, Joan Fontaine. . . and I appreciate the many kind expressions of sympathy that we have received.
I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.
One must take what comes, with laughter.
Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.
Playing good girls in the '30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.
That some have never dreamed is as improbable as that some have never laughed.
You can act as nice as you can 100% of the time, and it will still not make everybody say nice things about you.
Zero invites imagination, but small numbers invite questions about whether large numbers will ever materialize.
I never had any real security in my life until I found the false security of stardom.