Dorothy McGuire

When I first read the script, I realized that Katie would have to be played as a rather down-to-earth person.

I had such extraordinary breaks from the moment I entered the theater.

I took it all for granted, I'm sorry to say.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.