Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy.

An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other.

Scarlett O'Hara is going to be a thankless and difficult role. The part I'd like to play is Rhett Butler.

The morals of yesterday are no more. They are as dead as the day they were lived. Economic independence has put woman on exactly the same footing as man.

An actress must never lose her ego -- without it she has no talent.

It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer.

A woman today is good, or she is bad, according to the way she does a thing - and not because of the thing itself.

Never let them see you in public after you've turned 35. You're finished if you do!

Somehow or other I always got myself rigged up in something sensational.

I always chose sophisticated parts because you can't really be interesting as a young girl or outstanding as an ingenue.

I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin.

Scripture doesn’t speak of people who found God. Scripture speaks of people who walked with God.

The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.

Just saying "I love you" can mean the difference between nothing and everything. Some people say it while they stab the person they say it to - some say it to the one holding the knife.

There are really no serious arguments for communion in the hand. But there are the most gravely serious kinds of arguments against it.

Playing things too safe is the most popular way to fail.

There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that.

I don't have joy in watching myself, whereas, actually, I quite like listening to my own music.

...a capital patient, as she never died and never got well.

You build inner strength through embracing the totality of your experience, both the delightful parts and the difficult parts.

A leader without a title is better than a title without the ability to lead.