"I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am."

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"I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am."

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"But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it."

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"Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't."

Friendship

"He didn't maintain my illusion of myself, he gave me an illusion of myself. Before I met him, I never thought of myself as an actress. Boy, he sidetracked me in a great way!"

Thought

"It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting."

Acting

"I was bargaining for time away from Hollywood, and Columbia was bargaining for money. I got what I wanted and they got what they wanted. They knew I was so anxious to do Born Yesterday that I'd have done it for a dollar. They gave me the next best thing."

Time

"Acting is a very limited form of expression and those who take it seriously are very limited people. I take it seriously."

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"Now with all this movie business, everybody's coming around wanting to know everything that's happened since I was four. It's like going to an analyst."

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"People have a hard time making me dress up to look like a classy gal."

Time

"I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times."

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"It meant as much to me as winning the Oscar."

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"I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes."

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