Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother

In response to an invitation to write an autobiography - "Books written by actresses are for the birds. Besides what would I write?...that somebody was looking for an Italian type to play the ingenue in a film and I might do?"

[on Bette Davis] You`re the luckiest of us all. You started playing older women when you were young. So you never had to bridge the gap.

Audiences always sound like they`re glad to see me, and I`m damned glad to see them. If they want you, you want to do it.

[on Clark Gable] I was so happy to be within two feet of him.

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother.

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.

It matters more what`s in a woman`s face than what`s on it.

Most of us don`t know about happiness until it`s over.

I know what`s best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.

I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can`t think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I.

Men don`t get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair.

If I couldn`t laugh, I`d rather die.

Audiences always sound like they`re glad to see me, and I`m damned glad to see them.

I know what`s best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother.

I`ve always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don`t.

It took me years to figure out that you don`t fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it.

I married a wonderful doctor, and I was very happy-period.