“In the 1940s, I was doing something called the Equity Library Theater ...” — Elizabeth Wilson Quote

“In the 1940s, I was doing something called the Equity Library Theater in New York, when a movie company came to see the play I was in and offered me a contract. But the deal was, my nose was too big and they wanted me to have surgery. My jaw was crooked, and I'd have to have that fixed, too. And they didn't like my name; it was too common.”

“I had no desire to be a star and a star's responsibility.”

“I didn't want to give up my career. That's what kept me alive, kept me going. I couldn't stop - didn't want to stop - being all these different characters.”

“I quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years.”

“I took the ET job because I wanted to stop traveling and they said I would only work half a day. Then I could work on music the rest of the day. They put in my contract that I wouldn't work after 1 P.M.”

“I was in a meeting and one of the executives told me he was going to have to change my surname. I stood up and said 'An Italian surname wasn't a problem for Frank Sinatra' and walked out. I then walked away from every contract I had.”