Things that make you go hmmm..

"I don't know whether it says anything about the sexes, but it probably does. Perhaps it's that the female of the species tends to be more conservative and less free in her ideas - and it's a natural thing, it's part of biology - and therefore this kind of comedy, which they deem as nonsense, was impinging on their thought processes in that it might actually succeed in changing their minds on certain topics. To them, for instance, the Prime Minister wasn't a figure that could be made fun of, whereas (of course) he should be. This is a male angle. On the whole, the female likes the status quo."

"There are people born to rule and there are people born to be subservient. I am of the latter order. I just love to be subservient, to be told what to do."

"I am not strong enough. I doubt if any woman is. I understand now why Lois Weber was always ill after a picture. Directing requires a man of vigor and imagination. It is not work that women can do. No. What is more, there are very few men that have the vigor and the imagination to be directors."

"My wife was forever hearing stories about my over-friendliness to this bright-eyed starlet or that leading lady. Most of these stories had not a grain of truth in them. Most, I say, not all. The only comment I care to make on this is that I would like to see the healthy, normal man in my spot at M-G-M who could resist more feminine temptation than I did."

Dita's offstage seduction secrets:
'Touch yourself lightly in places you would want him to touch (not there!) - your neck, décolletage, hair, face. Do this subtly as he talks to you, and remember to be fascinated by every word he says!'

"People often ask me if there is an element of feminism in my burlesque performances [...]. Yes, if you define feminism the way I do: being as feminine as possible."