Quotes from Eva Marie Saint

When people think of a Hitchcock movie, it isn't just the visual, it's the sound.

There are too many awards shows.

People enjoy being read to, beginning from when they're little.

I don't wake up and say, 'Gee, it's a nice day, and I'm a legend.'

I want to show people that if you walk, if you eat the right things, if you don't have stuff done to your face - that's okay.

You reach a certain age, and you're so proud that you're walking and breathing and loving and working and all of that at 90.

I had an agent once who wanted me to make many more movies. I said, 'I can't. I can only do one a year, if that. I have children, young children.' And he said, 'Well, I guess you won't be a superstar.' And I said, 'Well, I guess not.'

I can't sit around having coffee. I have all these appointments, and a lot of my friends sit around having coffee talking about the jobs they didn't get.

I find a lot of swearing in films. And I guess that shows my age. But I also feel that where they say those words, they could just as easily have written other words.

I was Sweater Queen at Bowling Green State University. Oh, that's a laugh, isn't it?

I am very patient. I take pride in being patient with my husband, my children, my grandchildren.

I cried when I saw how flat Toledo was.

You know how to stay young? Go with the flow.

I hear the theme from 'Psycho' every time I take a shower. I lock the door.

My dad was Quaker and a businessman.

It all has to do with the director, the captain of the ship. He sets the pace, the mood. If the director is quiet, the set is quiet. If the director is loud, then everybody has to be louder to be heard.

Actors can be good, say all these beautiful, wonderful things - but where does it come from? It comes from the writers, and people kind of forget that sometimes.

You know, you do it, and you get paid for it, and you have a wonderful time, then you're on to something else.

I think if you meet the right person in life and you fall in love, that is a miracle. My husband saw me on the subway. That is a miracle!

I just want to do some movies that my children and my grandchildren would be proud of. That's my yardstick.

What is it like when you see me in all these films and then you meet me? Were you intimidated?

The longer you live, the smarter you get because you've been around. You've seen things. You've gone through different emotional experiences in your own life, and hopefully, you understand things better. And that makes you a better actress.

My mom lived to be 91, and her advice was, 'Honey, just keep moving.'

As you get older, you're doing different parts, but the young people, like yourself, they keep you excited, because they'll see Waterfront, and they'll want to talk about it.