Marlene Dietrich for the way there was something so unique about her - the way she entered into a frame and everybody looks at her and the way she winks and looks up.

Sometimes we had to improvise. I hate to improvise because I felt like I couldn't find words.

Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I hope there's not going to be any other silent movies.

I think the approach of the character for us is the same in a silent movie as in a talking movie because we had balance, we had lines to learn.

Ever since the movie premiered at Cannes, I've had a sudden surge of scripts and interest.

My parents were not pushy or anything like that. I think my mom was still expecting me to be an astronaut, but now she is very happy that I'm not doing that.

For us, as actors, and even for the director, it gave us a sense of authenticity to what we were doing because we were talking about Hollywood and we were in Hollywood.

I read Gloria Swanson's autobiography just because I wanted to know what it was like in the time.

I tried to find a character and how I would be an American actress in the 30s. But if this was a talking movie [The Artist], I'm sure she would be exactly the same for me.

I guess I'm the perfect young lead actress. I'm not Chloe Sevigny - I'm not really a character actress. Some actors have "character" faces.

Of course, when you work on a character, you try to understand her. You feel that everything she does has a reason.

Patience graciously, compassionately and with understanding, judges the faults of others without unjust criticism.

We all think that this relationship thing is a game out here. All I'm saying to women is, 'Okay. If it's a game, here are the rules that we play by.'

The wise know their limitations; the foolish do not.

Anger and hatred are the real enemies that we must confront and defeat, not the 'enemies' who appear from time to time in our lives.

We play because we are wired for joy; it is imperative as human beings.

I have to use other things to help my tennis, like my brain. But I believe that, even when your muscles are not so fast, with the brain and with concentration you can compensate.

Only a genius can play a fool.

The thought of my mortality - I think about it a lot. I find it motivating. It can be any time that your number's up.

As you walk through life, always walk toward the light, and the shadows of life will fall behind you.

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.