[on Bette Davis] "I walked onto the set of `All About Eve` on the first day and said, `Good Morning,` and do you know her reply? She said, `Oh shit, good manners`. I never spoke to her again - ever."

"My Norwegian family says, `You`re the most grounded American we`ve ever met."

"We live by encouragement and die without it - slowly, sadly and angrily."

[On her wisecracking smart girl image] "I hated that. It`s stereotyped. I only played that kind of role in two pictures and that was enough, thank you. It`s not me."