 The studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra. |
| I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly. |
| In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy? |
| I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough. |
| I think it's the end of progress if you stand still and think of what you've done in the past. I keep on. |
| I hate biographies which say, I was called to such and such an office, and he offered me so and so, and I got so and so money. I find that very tedious. The best biographies are written by other people. |
