I didn't know then what I wanted, but the ache for it was palpable.
There is no other occupation in the world that so closely resembled enslavement as the career of a film star.
A well dressed woman, even though her purse is painfully empty, can conquer the world.
Anyone who has achieved excellence in any form knows that it comes as a result of ceaseless concentration.
The great art of films does not consist of descriptive movement of face and body but in the movements of thought and soul transmitted in a kind of intense isolation.
I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of 'not trying. ' I tried with all my heart.
When I went to Hollywood in 1927, the girls were wearing lumpy sweaters and skirts. I was wearing sleek suits and half naked beaded gowns and piles and piles of furs.
I started running ultras to become a better person. I thought if you could run 100 miles you'd be in this Zen state. You'd be the Buddha, bringing peace and a smile to the world. It didn't work in my case. I'm the same old punk-ass as before, but there's always hope.
Concepts and intellectual devices or chops can't mask or conceal an underlying lack of emotive power.
I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.
I'm not a marriage expert, quite clearly.