It made me a household name, but nothing comes for nothing. What I had to give physically, emotionally and vocally to that role took a bit of my soul away.

I love what I do, and I never thought about doing anything else. I think my voice was bestowed upon me; it was a gift I was given. I just had to learn to understand how to use it.

…she had nothing to do but to forgive herself and be happier than ever…

We yearn for a stranger to poke around in our heart. Such an irrational thing it is. Flutter once and lunacy behold.

There is a reason why all things are as they are.

I never wanted to sound clean and pretty. I always wanted to have kind of a certain natural quality to my voice, and I wish it were more rough than it is.

Dress suitably in short skirts and sitting boots, leave your jewels and gold wands in the bank, and buy a revolver.

We are all eaters of souls.

Really I'm just an actor. The only difference between me and those cats in Hollywood is that I write my own script.

I work out with a trainer five days a week.

A life must be saved as long as it can be no matter whose it is.

Problems always appear big when incompetent men are working on them.