Emotions often must be portrayed from an inner feeling, of course, but I had a double advantage because I was learning to direct my as-yet expressionless feelings as well as gaining an ability to express emotion by a very conscious manipulation of my muscles.

Howard Hughes was obsessed with me. But at first it seemed as if he were offering me a superb career opportunity.

I love making movies, but I was ready to rationalize being only a mother if my career never got back on track.

I didn't want the children to grow up and, when asked what their mother did, say, 'Oh, Mom's a gun moll in the movies.'