I don’t think Garbo with her clothes off, panting in a brass bed, would have been more sexy than she was.

I admire nudity and I like sex, and so did a lot of people in the Thirties. But, to me, overexposure blunts the fun…Sex as something beautiful may soon disappear. Once it was a knife...

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

It’s not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the sameness.

There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who’s Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor Type. Get me a young Mary Astor. Who’s Mary Astor?