You see I found I didn't have to act to be happy

Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace

The things we like best are either illegal, immoral or fattening.

if we don't stand for something, you may be sure we will fall for anything.

That's the kind of stuff you are offered today. Scripts that have you mixed up with young men. I find them utterly revolting.

Trying to build the brotherhood of man without the fatherhood of God is like trying to make a wheel without a hub.

I know all the swear words. I just don't use them. There are worse things in life than being called a Lady.

There seems to be a general impression that to be known as normal in Hollywood is akin to being labeled as rare animal in a zoo.

And yet I think The White Cliffs of Dover one of my best films

I'll leave the swearing to the Jane Fondas.

Nothing can replace the excitement, the magic, and yes the glamour of a Ziegfeld show.

Women are not in love with me but with the picture of me on the screen. I am merely the canvas on which women paint their dreams.

Every day I try to be in communication with the universe in an unconscious way.

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.

When politicians talk about immigration reform, they usually mean the following, amnesty, open borders, lower wages.

I like being free to take on any project that inspires me and to trust that the work will speak for itself.

Dost thou know what a hero is? Why, a hero is as much as one should say, a hero.

Forgiveness is just such a big deal.

It's our dreams that keep us going, that seperate us from the beasts. I wouldn't even want to live if I thought it was all just eating and sleeping and taking off my clothes.

I could see myself in a relationship with a girl - Olivia Wilde is so sexy she makes me want to strangle a mountain ox with my bare hands. She’s mesmerizing.

I think Hollywood is incredibly segregated. I've never seen any place like it.