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

Quote by Gloria Swanson

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I am a very pragmatic person.

I am a very pragmatic person.

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...

I became a fanatic about healthy food in 1944.

I became a fanatic about healthy food in 1944.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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 day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to...

The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to...

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...

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.

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.

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.

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...

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 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.

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...