I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward.

Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.

Never do nothing you wouldnt want printed on the front page of The New York Times.

If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything

We were wavering around like a ship without a sail.

I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg.

You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment.

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked.

I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes.

Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?

Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously.

What I've learned in these 11 years is you just got to stay focused and believe in yourself and trust your own ability and judgment.

When somebody tells you there's something wrong with your book they're almost always right, when they tell you how to fix it they're almost always wrong.

Passion often renders the most clever man a fool, and sometimes renders the most foolish man clever.

Holland seems like a quaint toy.

I don't want to do something just for money or fame; I have to enjoy working on it! If I start to work for everyone and everything, I could not look at myself in the mirror again.

I think that I'm very passionate, and I know that if I decide to do a film, my character is going to take over my life.

Sometimes you find an old tune so good you can use it several times for different purposes.

Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.

I think confidence will come back.

I spit into the face of time that has transfigured me