Nellie Melba

If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia - I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me.

Always sing below your potential.

Do everything yourself.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.

This idea that males are physically aggressive and females are not has distinct drawbacks for both sexes.