I've been a godmother loads of times, but being a grandmother is better than anything.

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Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show.

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People think that if you look fairly reasonable, you can't possibly act, and as I only care about acting, I think beauty can be a great handicap.

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You can't act on an empty stomach, because you're breathing's all wrong.

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Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's why I like playing Shakespeare better than anything else.

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I cannot let well enough alone. I get restless. I have to be doing different things. I am a very impatient person and headstrong. If I've made up my mind to do something, I can't be persuaded out of it.

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I cannot let well enough alone. I get restless. I have to be doing different things.

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Who could quarrel with Clark Gable? We got on well. Whenever anyone on the set was tired or depressed, it was Gable who cheered that person up. Then the newspapers began printing the story that Gable and I were not getting on. This was so ridiculous it served only as a joke. From the time on the standard greeting between Clark and myself became, 'How are you not getting on today?'

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I'm not a film star; I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.

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Most of us have compromised with life. Those who fight for what they want will always thrill us.

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