“We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven ...” — Leslie Caron Quote

“We were all ruled by the studio system. I signed a contract for seven years.”

“In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?”

“I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough.”

“Even if you have a contract you can be sold.”

“I was even treated as a 'flop,' a contract that doesn't pay. But I kept working my best.”

“I was the go-between when my father needed to negotiate a contract whether it be our mortgage or my mother dealing with the gas company. I'm a little kid, less than seven years old, negotiating between the hearing man and my deaf parents.”