"I never needed Panavision and stereophonic sound..." - Quote by Mae West

“Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.”

“A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.”

“Men are all alike - except the one you've met who's different.”

“If you're a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don't understand talent any more than we understand electricity.”

“Genial manners are good, and power of accommodation to any circumstance, but the high prize of life, the crowning fortune of a man is to be born with a bias to some pursuit, which finds him in employment and happiness, -- whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statutes, or songs. I doubt not this was the meaning of Socrates, when he pronounced artists the only truly wise, as being actually, not apparently so.”

“"Though many painters and sculptors talk glibly of "going in for photography," you will find that very few of them can ever make a picture by photography; they lack the science, technical knowledge, and above all the practice. Most people think they can play tennis, shoot, write novels, and photograph as well as any other person - until they try."”

“I play better tennis because the court is there.”

“I love acting. I love stage work, more than anything. It's just live. It's right there in front of you. If you make a mistake, they know it and you know it. I won't do anything where I feel like I'm just making a fool out of myself. By doing that, I'm able to rise to my highest potential.”

“I play for high stakes and given an audience - there is no act too daring or too noble.”