I knew it would break his heart if I didn't go into the business.

A woman in show business isn't honest with herself... so how can she be honest with another woman? We are, all of us, acting every minute of the day and night.

I take a script and mull over it and underline the bits I want to emphasize. When I go to the set, I know exactly what I want to do.

'The Sea Wolf' is the story of a man who believes only in brute force. He is so firm in belief in his own ideas that he despises all who disagree with him. He preaches the doctrine of intolerance. He flaunts the notion that democracy is anything but weakness.

Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power... I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right.

That's one of the things I resent the most violently. To have to take your own life and give it away to the public, in pieces.