Anita Loos Quotes

Screenwriter

Anita Loos was an American screenwriter renowned for her sharp wit and satirical style. She is most famous for her work on the film 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'. Born on April 26, 1889, in Los Angeles, California, she passed away on August 18, 1981.

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Famous Anita Loos Quotes

“I always say that a girl never really looks as well as she does on board a steamship, or even a yacht.”

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Book:Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Source: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

“One might feel that, at my age, I should look on life with more gravity. After all, I've been privileged to listen, firsthand, tosome of the most profound thinkers of my daywho were all beset by gloom over the condition the world had gotten into. Then why can't I view it with anything but amusement?”

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Author:Anita Loos

“It isn't that gentlemen really prefer blondes, it's just that we look dumber.”

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Author:Anita Loos

“So we came to the Ritz hotel and the Ritz Hotel was divine. Because when a girl can sit in a delightful bar and have delicious champagne cocktails and look at all the important French people in Paris, I think it is divine.”

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Book:Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Source: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

About the Author

Born: April 26, 1889
Died: August 18, 1981
Known for: Screenwriter
Quotes: 57

Books & Sources

Kiss Hollywood good-byRelated source material

Fate keeps on happening: adventures of Lorelei Lee and other writingsRelated source material

Gentlemen Prefer BlondesRelated source material

Cast of ThousandsRelated source material

A Mouse is BornRelated source material

Anita Loos Rediscovered: Film Treatments and Fiction by Anita Loos, Creator of Gentlemen Prefer BlondesRelated source material

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes / But Gentlemen Marry BrunettesRelated source material

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