Lillian Gish quotes
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“What you get is a living-what you give is a life.”
-- Lillian GishSource : Lillian Gish (1969). “The Movies, Mr. Grifith, and Me”
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“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.”
-- Lillian GishSource : Quoted in Abby Adams, An Uncommon Scold (1989)
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“A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.”
-- Lillian GishSource : Lillian Gish (1969). “The Movies, Mr. Grifith, and Me”
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“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.”
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“I like people to come back and tell me what I did wrong. That's the kindest thing you can do.”
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“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 GishSource : Lillian Gish (1969). “The Movies, Mr. Grifith, and Me”
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“It's a hard world for little things,”
-- Lillian GishSource : "Fictional character: Rachel Cooper". Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, www.imdb.com. 1955.
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“You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.”
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“As long as you are curious, you will never be bored.”
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“The stage was our school, our home, our life.”
-- Lillian GishSource : Lillian Gish, Ann Pinchot (1969). “The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me”
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“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.”
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“I've never been in style, so I can't go out of style.”
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“I can't remember a time when I wasn't acting, so I can't imagine what I would do if I stopped now.”
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“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.”
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