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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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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.