I am a very pragmatic person.

Quote by Gloria Swanson

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Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made...

Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made...

By the time I was 15, my mother had turned me into a real clotheshorse.

By the time I was 15, my mother had turned me into a real clotheshorse.

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of...

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of...

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

In two months Joseph Kennedy had taken over my entire life, and I trusted him...

In two months Joseph Kennedy had taken over my entire life, and I trusted him...

I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and...

I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and...

Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of...

Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of...

The only time I ever went hunting I remembered it as a grisly experience.

The only time I ever went hunting I remembered it as a grisly experience.

The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck.

The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck.

Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you...

Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception...

I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception...

I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.

I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.

I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by...

I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by...

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the...

My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the...

I entered the cosmetics industry because I wanted more women to use cosmetics made with...

I entered the cosmetics industry because I wanted more women to use cosmetics made with...

I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could...

I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could...

The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do...

The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do...