When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th.

A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets.

I do not need a man. I am devoted to masturbation. I think it's probably one of the most pleasurable experiences in life.

The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films.

I'm amazed. When I was 40, I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything.

I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!

When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realize it would take so long.

When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn't want movie actresses.

It was a struggle treating Claude Rains as my lover, but we were friendly. It was no great love affair.

I wanted to be on the stage, doing very important emotional roles.

I quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years.

One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.

The books, the authors who matter the most are those who speak to me and speak for me all those things about life I most need to hear as the confession of myself

I have never gone out to mingle with the world without losing something of myself.

Open all your pores and bathe in all the tides of nature, in all her streams and oceans, at all seasons.

I been all around the world and I haven't found a city that I'd rather be from or rather come back to than Los Angeles.

Pixar is going in the direction of the early Disney. And it's also corporate, where they have four or five projects in the works. I don't want to get into that subject.

You are the one who gives me reason to wake in the mornings, who infuriates me, who enrages me, who enthralls me. You are my passion, my fury, my soul. Shall i explain further?

WWE asked me to be in the Hall of Fame, and I turned it down. You know why? They put Pete Rose in the wrestling Hall of Fame. This guy can't even get into his own Hall of Fame.

I think if you turn down the volume on the good comedy, you should not even know if it's a comedy or not. It should look like a drama.

Businesses acting as businesses, not as charitable donors, are the most powerful force for addressing the pressing issues society face(s)