Gloria Swanson

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

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

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes. ”

Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temperamental artist about him. ”

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy. ”

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

I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance. ”

The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do a publicity tour. ”

My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the same thing. ”

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