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Gloria Swanson quotes: Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you don't eat.

Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you don't eat.

Gloria Swanson quotes: If you're 40 years old and you've never had a failure, you've been deprived.

If you're 40 years old and you've never had a failure, you've been deprived.

Gloria Swanson quotes: My greatest debt will always be to the movie-going public of yesterday and today, without whose love and devotion I would have had no story to tell.

My greatest debt will always be to the movie-going public of yesterday and today, without whose love and devotion I would have had no story to tell.

Gloria Swanson quotes: The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck.

The first feminine feature that goes, with advancing age, is the neck.

Gloria Swanson quotes: Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temperamental artist about him.

Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temperamental artist about him.

Gloria Swanson quotes: Writing the story of your own life is a bit like drilling your own teeth.

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

Gloria Swanson quotes: Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by the simplest of such injunctions.

Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by the simplest of such injunctions.

Gloria Swanson quotes: My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

My sculpture is very personal; for years my subjects were family and close, close friends.

Gloria Swanson quotes: The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to a desert cave and rethink my life.

The day I initiated divorce proceedings against Michael Farmer, I was ready to retire to a desert cave and rethink my life.

Gloria Swanson quotes: I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

Gloria Swanson quotes: I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could not refrain from telling such people so.

I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could not refrain from telling such people so.

Gloria Swanson quotes: The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners.

The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners.

Gloria Swanson quotes: The Sennett system of making pictures was actually fun. You never knew what the person next to you was going to do.

The Sennett system of making pictures was actually fun. You never knew what the person next to you was going to do.

Gloria Swanson quotes: The fuss that actors began making about the difficulty of shifting to sound struck me as perfectly foolish.

The fuss that actors began making about the difficulty of shifting to sound struck me as perfectly foolish.

Gloria Swanson quotes: The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event.

The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event.

Gloria Swanson quotes: Never say never Never is a long, undependable time, and life is too full of rich possibilities to have restrictions placed upon it.

Never say never Never is a long, undependable time, and life is too full of rich possibilities to have restrictions placed upon it.

Gloria Swanson quotes: Nobody gets something for nothing.

Nobody gets something for nothing.

Gloria Swanson quotes: I am a very pragmatic person.

I am a very pragmatic person.

Gloria Swanson quotes: We lived on the Key West Army Base. Key West for me was a tropical island paradise.

We lived on the Key West Army Base. Key West for me was a tropical island paradise.

Gloria Swanson quotes: 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.

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.

Gloria Swanson quotes: I doubted that there were Communists hiding behind every corporation desk and director's chair.

I doubted that there were Communists hiding behind every corporation desk and director's chair.

Gloria Swanson quotes: I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception of my friend Mary Pickford.

I was 25 and the most popular celebrity in the world, with the possible exception of my friend Mary Pickford.

Gloria Swanson quotes: At 26 I felt myself a victim rather than a victor in the realm of pictures.

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

Gloria Swanson quotes: In a theater you can fool everyone past the tenth row if you're good, but on the screen you can't really fool anyone for a second.

In a theater you can fool everyone past the tenth row if you're good, but on the screen you can't really fool anyone for a second.

Gloria Swanson quotes: There was no place at all for me in my father's military world.

There was no place at all for me in my father's military world.

Gloria Swanson quotes: I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

I always anticipated difficulties in order to avoid scenes.

Gloria Swanson quotes: After 16 years in pictures I could not be intimidated easily, because I knew where all the skeletons were buried.

After 16 years in pictures I could not be intimidated easily, because I knew where all the skeletons were buried.

Gloria Swanson quotes: Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made about Hollywood.

Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made about Hollywood.

Gloria Swanson quotes: Hollywood's old trick: repeat a successful formula until it dies.

Hollywood's old trick: repeat a successful formula until it dies.

Gloria Swanson quotes: As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.

As Daddy said, life is 95 percent anticipation.

Gloria Swanson quotes: All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

Gloria Swanson quotes: All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in.

All they had to do was put my name on a marquee and watch the money roll in.

Gloria Swanson quotes: I think all this talk about age is foolish. Every time I'm one year older, everyone else is too.

I think all this talk about age is foolish. Every time I'm one year older, everyone else is too.

Gloria Swanson quotes: The only time I ever went hunting I remembered it as a grisly experience.

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

Gloria Swanson quotes: I was the first celebrity in pictures to be marrying a titled European.

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

Gloria Swanson quotes: When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life.

When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. That's the story of my private life.

Gloria Swanson quotes: By the time I was 15, my mother had turned me into a real clotheshorse.

By the time I was 15, my mother had turned me into a real clotheshorse.

Gloria Swanson quotes: The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do a publicity tour.

The Paramount executives were so pleased with Sunset Boulevard that they asked me to do a publicity tour.

Gloria Swanson quotes: I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again.

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

Gloria Swanson quotes: I became a fanatic about healthy food in 1944.

I became a fanatic about healthy food in 1944.

Gloria Swanson quotes: From the first moment on the set I was consumed with curiousity about the technical side of shooting a sound picture.

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

Gloria Swanson quotes: One of the networks sent me a TV set to watch. I didn't care for the medium. It depressed me.

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

Gloria Swanson quotes: Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy.

Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy.

Gloria Swanson quotes: Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how.

Life and death. They are somehow sweetly and beautifully mixed, but I don't know how.

Gloria Swanson quotes: I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce a book.

Gloria Swanson quotes: Nobody gets anything for nothing.

Nobody gets anything for nothing.

Gloria Swanson quotes: I entered the cosmetics industry because I wanted more women to use cosmetics made with safe, healthful ingredients.

I entered the cosmetics industry because I wanted more women to use cosmetics made with safe, healthful ingredients.

Gloria Swanson quotes: My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the same thing.

My mother and I could always look out the same window without ever seeing the same thing.

Gloria Swanson quotes: Because I take care of my body, it doesn't look like the body of a woman of my years.

Because I take care of my body, it doesn't look like the body of a woman of my years.

Gloria Swanson quotes: I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by Cecil B. De Mille.

I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by Cecil B. De Mille.

Gloria Swanson quotes: In two months Joseph Kennedy had taken over my entire life, and I trusted him implicitly to make the most of it.

In two months Joseph Kennedy had taken over my entire life, and I trusted him implicitly to make the most of it.

Gloria Swanson quotes: Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common.

Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common.

Gloria Swanson quotes: I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

I feel sure that unborn babies pick their parents.

Gloria Swanson quotes: I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.

I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance.