 Aside from my son, no person has ever shown for me the gentle concern I knew from Governor Adlai Stevenson. |
| Young Jimmy Dean fell off the world as suddenly as he had come. |
| Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm one of that breed. |
| There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it. |
| I have always had a lot more trouble with my truths than with my deceits. |
| My name is real, which probably explains why I never became a superstar... how would that look in lights? |
| So many people have really wanted to die. They seem ashamed to say so. I think it would help if they would say so. |
| I don't think I should have been married... to anybody. |
| I find it next to impossible to remain politely silent when people prate to me about the glory of being given another chance to live happily ever after! |
| I lose all control after two drinks of anything. |
| A rich man can afford to be generous to many. |
| It is a remarkably beautiful piece of home furnishing, the Oscar. I used to keep it up in front of a mirror so that it looked like two. |
| Neiman-Marcus is one thing, and the Dallas Cowboys are another. |
| I think The Exorcist was the hardest work I've ever done. |
| I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me. |
| Joan Crawford is a movie queen. I had never met one before. I know now what I don't want to be. |
| With two leftover husbands to account for, my wicked soul has just about shriveled and died. |
| I believe in joy, but I believe in the flip-side, agony. |
| One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career. |
| I'd stand in line for Confession with old people and little kids, and as the line moved up, I knew when I got into the box that I would lie! Again! |
