I was quite thin, and I didn't have to worry until I had my appendix out and a mysterious metabolic change occurred.

One must take what comes, with laughter.

I don't feel the cold. It's my British blood!

I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.

I'm all for typewriters, with instant carbon copies, and seeing films in cinemas.

The TV business is soul-crushing, talent-destroying and human being-destroying.

I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'

I was shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of my sister, Joan Fontaine ... and I appreciate the many kind expressions of sympathy that we have received.

Playing good girls in the '30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.

There certainly is such a thing as screen chemistry, although I don't believe you find it frequently.

Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.