Joan Crawford Quotes - Page 2

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• Make your wardrobe as versatile as an actress. It should be able to play many roles.

  Joan Crawford

  Play, Roles, Able

  Joan Crawford (2017). “My Way of Life”, p.79, Graymalkin Media

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• I was born in front of a camera and really don't know anything else

  Joan Crawford

  Cameras, Born, Knows

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• Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?

  Joan Crawford

  Unhappy, Looks, Littles

  Interview in "The New York Times", 1972.

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• I absolutely will not allow anyone to call me grandmother. They can call me Auntie Joan, Dee-Dee, Cho-Cho, anything but grandmother. It pushes a woman almost to the grave.

  Joan Crawford

  Grandmother, Auntie, Graves

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I remember most clearly when a teenage Christopher spat in my face. He said, "I hate you". It's pretty hard to overlook that. I couldn't.

  Joan Crawford

  Teenage, Hate, Faces

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

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• I used to wash my hands every ten minutes. I couldn't step out of the house unless I had gloves on. I wouldn't smoke a cigarette unless I opened the pack myself, and I would never use another cigarette out of that pack if someone else had touched it.

  Joan Crawford

  Hands, House, Steps

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

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• Dammit, don't you dare ask God to help me!

  Joan Crawford

  Bad Ass, Helping, Famous Last Words

  Joan Crawford's last words said to her housekeeper, May 10, 1977.

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• I had read the criticisms of me and my movies and they were discerning. They said that Crawford needs a new deal, and they asked if I was doomed to explore forever the emotional misfortunes of the super-sexed modern young woman. And so, to break away from the pattern, I wanted to do "The Gorgeous Hussy". Selznick laughed at me. 'You can't do a costume picture. You're too modern.' But I begged and begged and begged, and so they let me do it. I was totally miscast.

  Joan Crawford

  Emotional, Forever, Criticism

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear people say, 'There's Joan Crawford!' I turn around and say, 'Hi! How are you!'

  Joan Crawford

  People, Want, Proud

  Joan Crawford (2017). “My Way of Life”, p.74, Graymalkin Media

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• Hollywood is like life, you face it with the sum total of your equipment.

  Joan Crawford

  Survival, Hollywood, Faces

  Joan Crawford (2017). “A Portrait of Joan: The Autobiography of Joan Crawford”, p.73, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• all that time hanging around the sets, watching Norma Shearer make the most of her three expressions, was a help.

  Joan Crawford

  Expression, Three, Helping

  Roy Newquist, Joan Crawford (1980). “Conversations with Joan Crawford”

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• It is my intention to make no provision herein for my son Christopher or my daughter Christina for reasons which are well known to them.

  Joan Crawford

  Daughter, Son, Well Known

  "Fictional character: Joan Crawford". "Mommie Dearest", 1981.

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• If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.

  Joan Crawford

  Girl, Doors, Want

  Interview in "Los Angeles Times", 1937.

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• Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.

  Joan Crawford

  Fashion, Acting, Digging

  "How to Be a Working Actor, 5th Edition: The Insider's Guide to Finding Jobs in Theater, Film & Television". Book by Mari Lyn Henry, Lynne Rogers, p. 41, July 7, 2010.

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• There was a saying around MGM: "Norma Shearer got the productions, Greta Garbo supplied the art, and Joan Crawford made the money to pay for both".

  Joan Crawford

  Art, Pay, Garbo

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

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• Sensitive husbands don't like second billing. I don't believe Franchot ever for a moment resented the fact that I was a star. Possibly he resented Hollywood's refusal to let him forget it. There was never a doubt in my mind that his talent was greater than mine.

  Joan Crawford

  Stars, Husband, Believe

  Joan Crawford (2017). “A Portrait of Joan: The Autobiography of Joan Crawford”, p.160, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• The 1930s Hollywood was capable of hurting me so much. The things about Hollywood that could hurt me (when I first came) can't touch me now. I suddenly decided that they shouldn't hurt me - that was all.

  Joan Crawford

  Hurt, Hollywood, Firsts

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

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• Choose your clothes for your way of life.

  Joan Crawford

  Clothes, Way

  Joan Crawford (2017). “My Way of Life”, p.79, Graymalkin Media

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• Sure, I'd play an ape if they asked me. Maurice Evans did.

  Joan Crawford

  Play, Apes, Ifs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Recently I heard a 'wise guy' story that I had a party at my home for twenty-five men. It's an interesting story, but I don't know twenty-five men I'd want to invite ta a party.

  Joan Crawford

  Wise, Party, Home

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• They were grooming Doris Day to take over the top spot. Jack L. Warner asked me to play her sister in one picture. I said, "Come on, Jack. No one could ever believe that I would have Doris Day for a sister."

  Joan Crawford

  Believe, Play, Spots

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If I weren't a Christian Scientist, and I saw "Trog" advertised on a marquee across the street, I'd think I'd contemplate suicide.

  Joan Crawford

  Christian, Suicide, Thinking

  Roy Newquist, Joan Crawford (1980). “Conversations with Joan Crawford”

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• Mr. Cukor is a hard task-master, a fine director and he took me over the coals giving me the roughest time I have ever had. And I am eternally grateful.

  Joan Crawford

  Grateful, Giving, Directors

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

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• If you start watching the oldies, you're in trouble. I feel ancient if "Grand Hotel" or "The Bride Wore Red" comes on. I have a sneaking regard for "Mildred Pierce", but the others do nothing for me.

  Joan Crawford

  Red, Ancient, Trouble

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• When television killed comedy and love stories, the movie makers went in slugging. They offered the downbeat, the degenerate as competition. This seems to me to be a sad campaign for Hollywood to use to combat box office disaster.

  Joan Crawford

  Office, Competition, Degenerates

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

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