- I found that there is absolutely nothing personal in being a motion-picture star. I found that people are nice to actors only because they are supposedly "important" not because they are fellow humans.
- It's what the actress is up there on the screen that's important to the fans - that's what they're showing the respect to.
- [on how 20th-Century Fox changed her name] They gave me a new name. My real name is Cooper, but that sounded too English. They wanted me to have something that sounded more Jewish. So they picked Eden, because it is mentioned in the Bible.
- [on acting in Hollywood] I found I had to think in English, which was hard for I have only spoken it for a year. But the face is a mirror and your emotions come across only if you think in the language in which the film is being made.
- Always, I told my mother, when I am 18 I will have lots of money and pay all her debts. I'm 19 now but at last I will be able to. To have money is good only so that you can help people you love.
- It's a wonderful part. Ruth goes from a little girl to maturity. That is the score but there is a lovely melody to the tune.
- I am not interested in Hollywood minks and shminks. I am an actress. I hope to be a star. But first of all I am a human being and I walk with my feet on the earth.
- [on stardom] The excitement of being a star is fun, but I am primarily an actress and I hope to make pictures all over the world. A lot depends on the success of "Ruth." The rest of being a star - the material things - they do not matter.
- You know, it's funny, but Stuart, Tom and Jeff all play Jewish characters in the story, but none is one in real life. On the other hand, I play Ruth, and Ruth wasn't Jewish, merely embraced the religion later - yet the studio came to Israel to get me for the role!
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