In the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression.
Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she was right.
I would say the secret is to be enthusiastic about everything that comes into your life. To care, to care about people. To be excited about everything that comes close to you. I love to read. And I love to write, mostly.
When I'm in New York I look at the Empire State Building and feel as though it belongs to me. . . or is it vice versa?
He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.
Mr. Cooper said to me that he had an idea for a film in mind. The only thing he'd tell me was that I was going to have the tallest, darkest leading man in Hollywood. Naturally, I thought of Clark Gable.
It was good for us, I suppose. Those kinds of times produce qualities in us that make us better for having had them. My parents were not getting along. My mother was quite intolerant of friendships that were being developed.
I'd only started noticing that something had gone wrong when I got a call from Naomi [Campbell], she called me and said, "You gotta do something about it, it's really bad, they're not using any models of color. "
Sometimes I wonder if all my friends are insane.
When I was young, poverty was so common that we didn't know it had a name.
Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it is time to converse.