Lillian Gish Quotes

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  • Hollywood has turned into an emotional Detroit.

  • Hollywood - an emotional Detroit.

  • It's a hard world for little things.

    "Fictional character: Rachel Cooper". Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, www.imdb.com. 1955.
  • As long as you are curious, you will never be bored.

  • You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.

    Quoted in Abby Adams, An Uncommon Scold (1989)
  • A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.

    Lillian Gish (1969). “The Movies, Mr. Grifith, and Me”
  • Never get caught acting.

  • I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an entirely new art form. It was not just pantomine, but something wonderfully expressive.

    Art   Way   Silent  
    "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
  • What you get is a living-what you give is a life.

    Lillian Gish (1969). “The Movies, Mr. Grifith, and Me”
  • The stage was our school, our home, our life.

    Lillian Gish, Ann Pinchot (1969). “The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me”
  • I can't remember a time when I wasn't acting, so I can't imagine what I would do if I stopped now.

    "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable.

  • I like people to come back and tell me what I did wrong. That's the kindest thing you can do.

  • You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.

  • Love is a hard rock between two people and can't be torn apart

  • It had been drilled into us that when an audience pays to see a performance, it is entitled to the best performance you can give.Nothing in your personal life must interfere, neither fatigue, illness, nor anxiety--not even joy.

    Lillian Gish (1969). “The Movies, Mr. Grifith, and Me”
  • I've never been in style, so I can't go out of style.

    "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
  • Fans always write asking why I didn't smile more in films. I smiled in `Annie Laurie`, but I can't recall that it helped much.

    "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
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