Gloria Swanson

“I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again.”

“The only time I ever went hunting I remembered it as a grisly experience.”

“From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical side of shooting a sound picture.”

“Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.”

“At 26 I felt myself a victim rather than a victor in the realm of pictures.”

“Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent.”

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

“One of the networks sent me a TV set to watch. I didn't care for the medium. It depressed me.”