"I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. Don't try to make me into something I'm not. If you want someone to tiptoe down …"

"People talk about 'my career,' but 'career' is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt very privileg…"

"I could understand if they picked Katharine Hepburn, but of course she wouldn't do it. But when they asked me, I thou…"

"My only problem is finding a way to play my fortieth fallen female in a different way from my thirty-ninth."

"There's nothing phony about her, either in life or on the screen."

"Working with Barbara Stanwyck was one of the greatest pleasures of my career."

"Here was an actress that never played just one side of a character. She always played the truth. I once asked Barbara…"

"With Barbara Stanwyck, here was a true pro, in her last year of screen stardom. We shot mostly on locations just to s…"

"I remember when we were filming last year, someone was like, 'Are you guys ready for your lives to change?' And we we…"

"She's bolder than I am, and she's more of a risk taker, and that was something I thought would be a challenge. But I …"