I was in constant demand, in my professional life and my personal life.

I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick.

I never go to funerals. To me a person is dead when he breathes for the last time. After that, your memories should be personal.

That's how it always is in the entertainment industry, your feet are always treading Jello.

Men are most virile and attractive between the ages of 35 and 55. Under 35 a man has too much to learn, and I don't have time to teach him.

Most children turn out badly because they have the wrong parental image. This doesn't mean their parents are criminal. It means they are boring and cruel.

Making pictures, for an actress, is like betting, for a gambler. Each time you make a picture you try to analyze why you won or lost.

It is easier for women to succeed in business, the arts, and politics in America than in Europe.

I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.

I would tell anyone who wants something from someone else to feign not wanting it. People are perverse. If you show great affection to them, they'll run the other way.

I think women are concerned too much with their clothes. Men don't really care that much about women's clothes. If they like a girl, chances are they'll like her clothes.

I don't have any gnawing guilt over contributing to any unhappiness suffered by my husbands. They were as much to blame as I was.

Dirt makes a man look masculine. Let your hair blow in the wind, and all that. It's OK. All you have to do is look neat when you have to look neat.

Confidence is something you're born with. I know I had loads of it even at the age of 15.

Compromise and tolerance are magic words. It took me 40 years to become philosophical.

Jack Kennedy always said to me, Hedy, get involved. That's the secret of life. Try everything. Join everything. Meet everybody.

I'm fifty-one years old, but I'm not through yet. I have lived a full life, and intend packing in quite a lot more.

To be a star is to own the world and all the people in it. After a taste of stardom, everything else is poverty.

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode.