"I remember when a casting director simply told me that I had been
blacklisted. I was livid. I also knew that I had done it to myself. I
had spoken out against what I considered unfair treatment of people in
Hollywood.'' - to the Los Angeles Times (1991) on being
blacklisted.
[In a 1984 "Films in Review" interview on her blacklisting) I've been accused of everything from being a Communist to a lesbian, but I was only interested in making things better for people.
[on originally being cast for the lead role in Waterloo Bridge (1931)] I was under contract to Universal and James Whale wanted me. Then I was told they weren't going to pick up my option and I was so mad I refused to do it. I wanted to do it and wish I had.