Quotes

Filming is filming and you do what you have to without thinking too much how big or small the part is you're playing.

[Referring to Marlon Brando in The Night of the Following Day (1969)] He's really tremendous. He never compromises. I expected him to be nice to me out of pity--just because I wasn't good enough. But he treated me as an equal.

Of all the actresses I've played with, I learned most from Deborah Kerr because she's so graceful in everything she does. With Bette Davis, it's every man for himself! If it looks as if someone else is going to steal the scene, she shows who's the star. And why shouldn't she? She's a great actress.

I've never been over-awed by show business. You see, no one ever said to me 'You're going to be a star.' My parents were terribly practical and down-to-earth--it's the best way.