I doubted that there were Communists hiding behind every corporation desk and director's chair.

Quote by Gloria Swanson

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I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

We lived on the Key West Army Base. Key West for me was a tropical...

We lived on the Key West Army Base. Key West for me was a tropical...

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 English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major...

The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major...

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

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

Because I take care of my body, it doesn't look like the body of a...

Because I take care of my body, it doesn't look like the body of a...

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...

There was no place at all for me in my father's military world.

There was no place at all for me in my father's military world.

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person...

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person...

All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the...

All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the...

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.

My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

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

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

The fuss that actors began making about the difficulty of shifting to sound struck me...

The fuss that actors began making about the difficulty of shifting to sound struck me...

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.

Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there...

Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there...

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran...

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran...

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...

I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European.

I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European.

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...