Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.

I can remember walking as a child. It was not customary to say you were fatigued. It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition.

If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.

It'd be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.

Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to fo ...

Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?

Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should just live next door and just visit now and then.