- [on Richard Burton] If he didn't get perfection he got mad at himself, no one else . . . The world lost one of the greatest actors of our time when he died.
- I always was very much interested in religion, and I still am. I'm the only Jew, I think, who goes regularly to church. I've never been to temples, but then I wasn't brought up that way. My parents were not very good Jews. I never realized I was Jewish until [Adolf Hitler] came in.
- [on Robert Taylor] Really easy to work with, and a wonderful gentleman. The only trouble with him was he couldn't give up smoking, and he killed himself. He was warned that if he didn't give up smoking--he tried and tried, and told me the old joke of Mark Twain, about how giving up smoking was easy; Mark Twain had done it twice a week. Well, Robert Taylor tried twice a week, and finally gave up and said he couldn't help it. He hoped that nothing would happen. But it did happen, and he died. Very young, and a truly nice, charming, handsome man.
- [on Jean Simmons] I loved that girl. I still love her. Haven't seen her in many years. She's the most gentle, most beautiful darling girl.
- I thought Richard Burton was a wonderful man. He still is a wonderful man, no matter how many times he marries Elizabeth Taylor.
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