Actress Quotes

I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it from her. But I think I got a lot of it from my grandfather, who was a great politician.

I never regretted what I turned down.

I made about 56 movies, I think. Not that many.

I have never directed. But I think I could. I have thought about it. I'm a bit long in the tooth to start.

I don't think about going back to the theater.

Here I am, I still go on, you know, like the tides.

Clint Eastwood is an extraordinary director because he knows the value of a buck. He knows where it will show on the screen.

Believe me, it jabs you. When you're on the side of buses and New York loves you, you love to go out there every night. It's like a race. Curtain opens, out you go, and New York is yours.

A sitcom. I hate that word.

I have heard Mr. Romney's speech's many times on television and the radio and I have even read his book No Apology: The Case for American Greatness and I must say that out of all the gentleman running for the presidency Mr. Romney is, in my opinion, the best one to fit the bill.

Said I was beautiful, did he? He's being paid for treatment, not flattery.

On one night of my debut the Prince of Wales, the Princess, and the duchess of London came to see me. They loved me for what I was and what I gave them.

No person in the world ever lost anything by being nice to me.

My husband is a general's chauffeur somewhere in France.

My agent tells me I am drawing the largest salary ever paid in the halls of England. Wonderful, isn't it? for a quiet, rural gardener like myself.

It's the first time I've seen myself act, and I can't say I'm impressed.

It was so kind of you to mention that I don't wear stays. What's the point? If you squeeze it in at one point, it only comes out at the other.

I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be.

I'm not afraid. I never liked long last acts.

I was beautiful. Now, because I am old, I take no shame in so saying.

I shall fulfill my contract, no more nor less.

I must hurry back to my house and my flowers in Monaco.

I know I am at the end. I shall never get better, dear.

I have known great things and wonderful persons, and I have known homage.

I found my interest lapse in both acting and racing.

I felt weary of the responsibility of owning houses and was glad enough to pass mine on to others.

I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.

Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead.

I have always been willing to take the blame for the things I have done.

I am happy as happiness goes, for a woman who has so many memories and who lives the lonely life of an actress.