“The best time I ever had with Joan Crawford was when I pushed her down the stairs in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?”

“In this business, until you're known as a monster you're not a star.”

“I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.”

“I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay.”

“I don't take the movies seriously, and anyone who does is in for a headache.”

“I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.”

“The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.”

“I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.”

“Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”

“To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.”

“This has always been a motto of mine: Attempt the impossible in order to improve your work.”

“I went back to work because someone had to pay for the groceries.”

“The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.”

“I work to stay alive.”

“I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.”