Tallulah Bankhead

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.

The less I behave like Whistler's mother the night before, the more I look like her the morning after.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

I knew I wanted to be an actress as soon as I popped out.