“How is this dark, plump and gauche actress ever going to make it?”

“The hardest working actress I ever knew.”

“How soft, how sad his voice is ever calling,
Ever unanswered, and the dark rain falling”

“If I can't make it through one door, I'll go through another door- or i'll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.”

“The breaking of casting cliches also broke boundaries. A short, Latin-looking actress like me playing classical roles such as Miss Julie, and playing them well, made casting directors uncomfortable. It was unheard of that a short, dark-haired actress of Greek temperament could play the aristocratic Miss Julie. Not beautiful or tall enough etc. It proved one of the best productions of Miss Julie ever seen in London.”

“I also was afraid I was a very bad actress, because I'd become famous very fast and was making money for people. When you're making money, they're never going to tell you whether you're good or bad. They don't care. I knew that if I had any talent, this would kill it. I never wanted to be a famous bad actress!”

“I wanted to go into dramatics and become an actress, but my mother wouldn't let me.”

“I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can't make
it through one door, I'll go through another door -- or I'll
make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark
the present.”

“Being an actress doesn't make you popular in school. I was always leaving to make a movie then coming back in.”

“Lillian Gish is not only the best actress in her profession, but has the best mind of any woman I have ever met.”