"Hollywood sold its stars on good looks and personality build-ups. We weren't really actresses in the true sense. We were just big names--the products of a good publicity department. Today's crop of actresses and actors have real talent. Good looks are no longer an essential part of the business."

(Ann Sothern, nata Hariette Arlene Lake; Valley City, 22 gennaio 1909 – Ketchum, 15 marzo 2001)