Ginger Rogers

“I traveled with my mother, Lela, and there was never enough money. I always had to roll down my silk stockings and carry a doll when we bought train tickets so I could go half-fare. If we had $3, we always figured how to tip for the trunks and still eat.”

“I yearned for a long, happy marriage with one person.”

“My faith in humanity leads me to believe that people are looking for something more elevating than the sordid details of the intimate aspects of one's personal life.”

“'Flying Down to Rio' established RKO as a leader in musical film production throughout the 1930s. The film helped to rescue the studio from its financial straits and it gave a real boost to my movie career.”

“There's nothing a man can do, that i can't do better and in heels”

“I made my last motion picture in March 1965 for Magna Pictures. 'Harlow,' based on the life of actress Jean Harlow... I didn't know at the time that 'Harlow' would be my last motion picture.”

“My mother was a journalist, so writing is not unnatural to me.”

“Only I know my life.”

“Like most actors, I've always been grateful for Chinese restaurants; they were often the only places that stayed open late enough for performers to get hot food after the show.”

“The most important thing in anyone's life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun and joy and happiness. This is my gift.”

“Even married people have differences of opinion, I'm told.”

“The kids today, they think they can dance with their faces.”

“I enjoy sports, and love being involved in any outdoor sport from volleyball to softball. I'm not being immodest when I say I'm a natural athlete.”

“Sure, jets are fast and economical, but, oh my, what fun we've lost and what leisure we've sacrificed in the race to efficiency. Somehow, stepping onto a plane and zooming across the United States in a matter of hours doesn't hold a candle to the dear, old-fashioned train ride.”

“I had been making films for almost ten years, and the head men at RKO thought of me only in terms of musicals. I found no fault with that, except I just couldn't stand being typed or pigeonholed as only a singing and dancing girl. I wanted to extend my range.”

“Gossip is hardly uplifting.”

“The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.”

“My mother told me I was dancing before I was born. She could feel my toes tapping wildly inside her for months.”