A biography for Joan Fontainehasn’t been written yet.
“That Oscar can be a jinx... It can... damage irreparably one's relations with family, friends. It's an uneasy head that wears the crown.”
“It's better to be on a soap opera to renew your career and following than to be on any other medium.”
“Goodness knows, I tried. But I think it's virtually impossible for the right kind of man to be married to a movie star.”
“I hope I'll die on stage at the age at 105, playing Peter Pan.”
“I've flown in an international balloon race. I've piloted my own plane. I've ridden to the hounds. I've done a lot of exciting things.”
“My sister is a very peculiar lady. When we were young, I wasn't allowed to talk to her friends. Now I'm not allowed to talk to her children, nor are they permitted to see me. This is the nature of the lady. Doesn't bother me at all.”
“If you keep marrying as I do, you learn everybody's hobby.”
“Marriage, as an institution, is as dead as the dodo bird.”