“All careers go up and down like friendships, like marriages, like anything else, and you can't bat a thousand all the time.”

“All love shifts and changes. I don't know if you can be wholeheartedly in love all the time.”

“Because of the Thames I have always loved inland waterways - water in general, water sounds - there's music in water. Brooks babbling, fountains splashing. Weirs, waterfalls; tumbling, gushing.”

“Behaving like a princess is work. It's not just about looking beautiful or wearing a crown. It's more about how you are inside.”

“Broadway is a tough, tough arena for singing.”

“Garry Marshall is a joy. I feel so utterly safe in his hands.”

“I am a liberated woman. And I do believe if a woman does equal work she should be paid equal money. But personally I am feminine and I do like male authority to lean on.”

“I am an optimistic lady.”

“I am told that the first comprehensible word I uttered as a child was 'home.'”

“I am very proud to be British. I'm very conscious of carrying my country with me wherever I go. I feel I need to represent it well.”

“I hate the word wholesome.”

“I have always wished I could learn to be a potter. I love collecting ceramics; it would be so fulfilling to create something lovely.”

“I have been called a nun with a switchblade where my privacy is concerned. I think there's a point where one says, that's for family, that's for me.”

“I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career.”

“I play with my grandchildren. I tend to my garden, which I love. Of course, I love to read, and family is really what it's all about.”

“I think every young girl at some point in her early life wonders what it's like to be a princess. They like the idea of dressing up and the fun of it.”

“I thought it was all a flash in the pan. It wasn't until Broadway came along that I felt I had really made it.”

“I was raised never to carp about things and never to moan, because in vaudeville, which is my background, you just got on with it through all kinds of adversities.”

“I would be a fool to deny my own abilities.”

“If the director says you can do better, particularly in a love scene, then it is rather embarrassing.”

“I've got a good right hook.”

“On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the clutter.”

“Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th.”

“Some people regard discipline as a chore. For me, it is a kind of order that sets me free to fly.”

“Sometimes I'm so sweet even I can't stand it.”

“Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.”