Rosalind Russell Quotes

• Taking joy in living is a woman's best cosmetic.

  Rosalind Russell

  Life, Beauty, Beautiful

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• When something happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

  Rosalind Russell

  Courage, Affliction, Defeat

  Rosalind Russell, Chris Chase (1979). “Life is a Banquet”

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• Taste. You cannot buy such a rare and wonderful thing. You can't send away for it in a catalogue. And I'm afraid it's becoming obsolete.

  Rosalind Russell

  Taste, Becoming, Wonderful

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.

  Rosalind Russell

  Funny, Life, Movie

  "Fictional character: Mame Dennis". "Auntie Mame", www.imdb.com. 1958.

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• Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.

  Rosalind Russell

  Motivational, Theatre, Acting

  "Life is a Banquet". Book by Rosalind Russell, 1977.

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• Flops are a part of life's menu and I've never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.

  Rosalind Russell

  Motivational, Girl, Goal

  1957 In the NewYork HeraldTribune,11Apr.

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• Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

  Rosalind Russell

  Memorable, Funeral, Political

  "Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies". Book by John Walker (p. 383), 2001.

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• Moments. A couple of moments that people remember, that they can take with them, is what makes a good movie.

  Rosalind Russell

  Movie, Couple, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's fine to have talent, but talent is the last of it. In an acting career, as in an acting performance, you've got to have vitality. The secret of successful acting is identical with a woman's beauty secret: joy in living.

  Rosalind Russell

  Successful, Careers, Joy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My mother was Irish and she was superstitious, if you'll forgive the tautology.

  Rosalind Russell

  Mother, Forgiving, Tautology

  Rosalind Russell, Chris Chase (1979). “Life is a Banquet”

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• Do you know what makes a movie work? Moments. Give the audience half a dozen moments they can remember, and they'll leave the theatre happy.

  Rosalind Russell

  Movie, Giving, Theatre

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• Seal my lips on aches and pains. They are increasing, and love of rehearsing them is becoming sweeter as the years go by.

  Rosalind Russell

  Pain, Years, And Love

  Rosalind Russell, Chris Chase (1979). “Life is a Banquet”

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• It had been an enormous, extraordinary, outrageous adventure. And it was deadly.

  Rosalind Russell

  Adventure, Enormous, Extraordinary

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• The only man who could make a love scene comfortable was Clark Gable. He was born graceful, he knew what to do with his feet and when he took hold of you, there was no fooling around.

  Rosalind Russell

  Men, Feet, Scene

  Rosalind Russell, Chris Chase (1979). “Life is a Banquet”

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• In all those types of films I wore a tan suit, a grey suit, a beige suit and then a negligee for the seventh reel near the end when I would admit to my best friend on the telephone that what I really wanted was to become a little housewife.

  Rosalind Russell

  My Best Friend, Littles, Telephones

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The White House is one of the few places in downtown Washington where you can get something to eat after 11 o'clock at night.

  Rosalind Russell

  Night, White, House

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• Where is there beauty when you see deprivation and starvation?

  Rosalind Russell

  Beauty, Deprivation, Starvation

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• I'll match my flops with anybody's but I wouldn't have missed 'em.

  Rosalind Russell

  Ems

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• I was second in line of defence, behind Myrna Loy.

  Rosalind Russell

  Lines, Defence, Behinds

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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