Rosalind Russell

"Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly."

"At MGM there was a first wave of top stars, and a second wave to replace them in case they got difficult. I was in the second line of defence, behind Myrna Loy."

"Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral."

"Roz Russell got so frightened at Cary's glibness that she told me she'd hired a gag writer on the side to interpolate bits for her."

"Roz is in Hollywood, but she's not of it."