“- Song Liling: Why in Beijing opera are woman's roles traditionally played by men?
- Comrade Chin: I don't know. Most probably a remnant of the reactionary and patriarchal social structure.
- Song Liling: No. It's because only a man knows how a woman is supposed to act.”
John Lone - Song Liling
Shizuko Hoshi - Comrade Chin

“Garbo's temperament reflected the rain and gloom of the long dark Swedish winters.”
Lillian Gish On Greta Garbo

“Any of my indiscretions were with people, not actresses.”
Darryl Francis Zanuck

“- Hildy Johnson: He treats me like a woman.
- Walter Burns: Oh he does, doesn't he? How did I treat you? Like a water buffalo?”

Rosalind Russell - Hildy Johnson
Cary Grant - Walter Burns

“- Mollie Malloy: Aren't they inhuman?
- Hildy Johnson: I know. They're newspapermen.
- Mollie Malloy: All they've been doing is lying. All they've been doing is writing lies. Why won't they listen to me?”
Helen Mack - Mollie Malloy
Rosalind Russell - Hildy Johnson