People recognize me, I have scripts, and auditions. And I meet great people.

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.

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.

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.

You may have read the poetry, but you haven't lived it. And that's what makes the difference.

I've heard, "We live in a world of diminishing returns, when what we give we'll never get back." I say, "What we give returns to us in like-kind 400 times.

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.

It's better to be healthy alone than sick with someone else.

What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.

Goals that are not written down and developed into plans are like bullets without powder in the cartridge. People with unwritten goals go through life shooting blanks.

There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.

An oath that is not to bee made is not to be kept.

To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be all we can be, we must dream of being more.

It's a principle of mine to come into the story as late as possible, and to tell it as fast as you can.