[on Hedy Lamarr] She was a nice girl, or she was then. Hedy didn't make
trouble, didn't have an ego problem. The problem was that she couldn't act.
[on Jean Arthur] A difficult person out in the street, so they say--I never knew her--but everyone who went to the movies liked her, and that's unusual. Every movie star is disliked by some people--Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich certainly, even Greta Garbo, Ronald Colman--but everyone liked Jean Arthur.
[on Gary Cooper] Gary Cooper never understood a thing about real acting but had the most marvelous presence.