If you're 40 years old and you've never had a failure, you've been deprived.

Quote by Gloria Swanson

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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.

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 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...

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...

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 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...

I am a very pragmatic person.

I am a very pragmatic person.

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

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

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

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

Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.

Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.

The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down...

The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down...

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.

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...

From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical...

From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical...

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...

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

The Sennett system of making pictures was actually fun. You never knew what the person...

The Sennett system of making pictures was actually fun. You never knew what the person...

Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how.

Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how.

Nobody gets anything for nothing.

Nobody gets anything for nothing.