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Tackling one thing at a time, I have managed better than I would have thought possible.
You have no idea how it feels to know that you've cut someone to the quick. I'll never do it again, never, never.
Fans hate a hypocrite. I believe they detect the real you behind every role and if they are led to believe you are something you pretend you aren't, they resent it.
Like many New Englanders - he was a neighbor of Calvin Coolidge's in Northampton - he finds life a serious business. But he's never - well - heavy about it.
They aren't interested in the fact that whenever they kick up dirt, the dirt rubs off on every one of us.
How To Get Along In Hollywood (1948)
You may laugh of the idea of the good will of others in Hollywood, but it's no laughing matter if you don't have it.
How To Get Along In Hollywood (1948)
There are worse things in life than being called a lady.
A Visit With Irene Dunne (1977)
The glamour of Hollywood has never worn thin for me.
Hats, Hunches And Happiness (1945)
Surely it isn't entirely normal to see fingers pointing at you as a rare species, the only one in captivity!
How Do I Stay Normal in Hollywood (1942)
Mother, an accomplished musician, taught me to play the piano as a very small girl.
Hats, Hunches And Happiness (1945)
Any young girl aspiring to a theatrical career held Florenz Ziegfeld in a awe.
Hats, Hunches And Happiness (1945)
One of the choicest occupations here is ripping reputations into pieces.
How To Get Along In Hollywood (1948)
Hollywood is fond of gushing chit-chat as any other town.
How To Get Along In Hollywood (1948)
Extremism of the right or the left is dangerous.
A Visit With Irene Dunne (1977)
Ever since my United Nations work, for instance, they've been saying that I've gone into politics. The United Nations is a nonpolitical body.
I don't give my phone number to strangers. It's Plaza 5048.
Parading about in the latest gowns and making dull platitudes for an entire evening doesn't constitute social success in my book.
How To Get Along In Hollywood (1948)
Ever since the first day I arrived in this town, the general impression has been that I'm like a queen holding court on chosen days.
How To Get Along In Hollywood (1948)
It's not possible to forget pictures. Anyone who works in them thinks of them constantly.
How To Get Along In Hollywood (1948)
That's why there are so few women stars today. Pornography has taken away the mystery.
A Visit With Irene Dunne (1977)