I'm generally a people-pleaser so I get high anxiety from any sort of confrontation.
Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an Arabian, a Eurasian, a Polynesian, and a Chinese.
For years it never occurred to me to question the judgment of those in charge at the studio.
I never understood the theory, once popular among doctors, that blamed mental disorders on too little or too much mother love. My own mother was my darling.
I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so fine with myself.
I was plunged into what was known as the debutante social whirl. This was one of the ways fathers justified their own hard work and sacrifices.
The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title
Don't offer God partnership when he wants penitence. Don't present him with lip service when He wants your life.
Over the long term, it is more profitable to do the right thing for the environment than to pollute it.
When I’m creating at the piano, I tend to feel happy; but - the eternal dilemma - how can we be happy amid the unhappiness of others? I'd do everything I could to give everyone a moment of happiness. That's what's at the heart of my music.
He must love you very much,' Gavril said once I had my footing. I couldn't look at him. 'What makes you say that?' Gavril sighed. 'I've known Maxon since he was a child. He's never stood up to his father like that.