The Sennett system of making pictures was actually fun. You never knew what the person next to you was going to do.

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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.

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.

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...

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

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.

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 a very pragmatic person.

I am a very pragmatic person.

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.

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

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

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.

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 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...

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.

After 16 years in pictures I could not be intimidated easily, because I knew where...

After 16 years in pictures I could not be intimidated easily, because I knew where...

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 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...

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.

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...

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

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

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...