Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.

Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.

[New York Times interview, Oct. 16, 2005]: I regret turning down the lead role in Alice Doesn`t Live Here Anymore (1974) which Ellen Burstyn deservedly won an Oscar for. I said to myself: "Who is this Martin Scorsese person?".

(1987) Release of the book, "It`s All in the Playing".

(1991) Release of the book, "Dance While You Can".

(2007) Release of her book, "Sage-ing While Age-ing".

An actor has many lives and many people within him. I know there are lots of people inside me. No one ever said I`m dull.

(1985) Release of book, "Shirley and Warren" by James Spada.

(1985) Release of book, "Dancing in the Light".

I had a video made of my recent knee operation. The doctor said it was the best movie I ever starred in.

[On Oscars]: I love to win those things. Love it. The only part about it I don`t like is the red carpet and getting a dress and walking around in high heels and holding in my stomach. I hate that.

Some people think I look like a sweet potato, I consider myself a spud with a heart of gold.

(2003) Release of the book, "Out on a Leash: Exploring the Nature of Reality and Love".

(1995) Release of the book, "My Lucky Stars: A Hollywood Memoir".

I am going to cry because this show has been as long as my career! I have wondered for 26 years what this would feel like! Thank you for terminating the suspense. (On accepting her Oscar in 1983] I`m not unaware of how I`m perceived, I just don`t care about it. Unless I really hurt someone`s feelings. I care about that. ...I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor. I`ve made so many movies playing a hooker that they don`t pay me in the regular way anymore. They leave it on the dresser. Salary Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) $800,000 + 10% of the profits. Sweet Charity (1969) $800,000 + percentage of profits Irma la Douce (1963) $350,000 + 7.5% of the profits. The Apartment (1960) $175,000 Some Came Running (1958) $37,500 Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) $6,000 Where Are They Now (June 2006) Completing filming for Closing the Ring (2007) in Northern Ireland and Canada. (1975) Release of book, You Can Get There From Here".

(1983) Release of book, "Out on a Limb".

It is useless to hold a person to anything he says while he`s in love, drunk, or running for office.

I think in my 40s, right around the time of The Turning Point (1977), that I began to address myself more to the future. See, I wasn`t afraid of getting old, because I never had the problems the other actresses my age had. I was never a great beauty. I was never a sex symbol. I did, however, have great legs, because I was a dancer. But I didn`t have that baggage. I wasn`t interested in my stature as a star. Ever. I was just interested in good parts.

(About her considering ballet as a profession): I was never good enough to be a soloist. Quatre ballet was about all I could handle. I didn`t have those beautifully constructed feet (high arches, high insteps). My extension on my left leg was pretty good, but I didn`t point my foot with that grace that suggests true beauty.

(1970) Release of book, "Don`t Fall Off the Mountain".

I can`t define longevity. I don`t know what it means.

(June 2002) Filming a movie about the Mary Kay Cosmetics founder, Mary Kay Ash, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The movie is called Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002) (TV).

[after being offended by David Letterman on his show] Cher was right! You are an asshole!

My first few weeks in New York were an initiation into the kingdom of guts.

I`ve made so many movies playing a hooker that they don`t pay me in the regular way anymore. They leave it on the dresser.

...I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor.

I`m not unaware of how I`m perceived, I just don`t care about it. Unless I really hurt someone`s feelings. I care about that.

[on accepting her Oscar, 1983] I am going to cry because this show has been as long as my career! I have wondered for 26 years what this would feel like! Thank you for terminating the suspense.

[on Oscars] I love to win those things. Love it. The only part about it I don`t like is the red carpet and getting a dress and walking around in high heels and holding in my stomach. I hate that.

[New York Times interview, Oct. 16, 2005]: I regret turning down the lead role in Alice Doesn`t Live Here Anymore (1974) which Ellen Burstyn deservedly won an Oscar for. I said to myself: "Who is this Martin Scorsese person?".

I can`t define longevity. I don`t know what it means.

An actor has many lives and many people within him. I know there are lots of people inside me. No one ever said I`m dull.

[about her considering ballet as a profession) I was never good enough to be a soloist. Quatre ballet was about all I could handle. I didn`t have those beautifully constructed feet [high arches, high insteps]. My extension on my left leg was pretty good, but I didn`t point my foot with that grace that suggests true beauty.

I think in my 40s, right around the time of The Turning Point (1977), that I began to address myself more to the future. See, I wasn`t afraid of getting old, because I never had the problems the other actresses my age had. I was never a great beauty. I was never a sex symbol. I did, however, have great legs, because I was a dancer. But I didn`t have that baggage. I wasn`t interested in my stature as a star. Ever. I was just interested in good parts.

I had a video made of my recent knee operation. The doctor said it was the best movie I ever starred in.

It is useless to hold a person to anything he says while he`s in love, drunk, or running for office.

Some people think I look like a sweet potato, I consider myself a spud with a heart of gold.