“As for Hollywood children, their social life can get a little overboard, just like their parents can. Living in town, you attend so many functions.”

“Everyone from Pullman porters to hostesses at swank New York parties will tell me they always watch 'Miss Brooks' on Friday night.”

“I can't seem to say, 'You great big wonderful man, you,' without hamming it up somehow.”

“I couldn't stand seeing myself on the screen.”

“I don't have a Pollyana attitude toward life that claims everything is lovely.”

“I knew my own mother had been in the theater for a while and had taught children, because she used to teach me the pieces that she taught them, but she did much more than that.”

“I love making people laugh.”

“I may not like the material, but I'm still a trouper.”

“If I'm in a serious play, I often think to myself, 'I could make that line funny.'”

“I'm finding writing very fascinating.”

“In a sense, children who live on a farm become sophisticated, too - but about more important things.”

“In the theater, I could envision myself as wonderful because of the audience response to my lines.”

“I've always admired teachers for their patience and purpose in choosing their profession.”

“I've never cared for the character I generally played in films.”

“I've worked with a lot of great, glamorous girls in movies and the theater. They would always give their last ounce to get where they wanted to be.”

“My friends will tell you that I'm a very mild person.”

“None of the characters I played was very close to me as a real person.”

“Our kids seldom even get to see a movie. When we go to a movie, it's an event - and we make it an event.”

“So many people accept the negative. They are constantly blinded by that negative thing.”

“Stole my first name from 'Evening in Paris' and the second from Elizabeth Arden.”

“The better the teacher, the better the future of America.”

“The thing to do is to build a fortress within yourself.”

“'Widow' is a word I never thought would describe me, but I had to learn to deal with that.”

“You couldn't keep me out of the school plays, the song and dance skits.”