“And a Famous Film Star who is left alone is more alone than any other person has ever been in the whole Histry of the World, because of the contrast to our normal enviromint.” WorldPersonsWholeFilmLeftStarsFameNormalContrastLeft AloneFilm Stars Book:A Mouse is Born Source: A Mouse is Born
“with a mental equipment which allows me to tell the difference between hot and cold, I stand out in this community like a modern day Cicero. Dropped into any other city of the world, I'd rate as a possibly adequate night watchman.” WorldNightCommunityDifferencesCitiesModernColdHollywoodHotRateEquipmentStanding OutAdequateModern DayHot And Cold Author:Anita Loos
“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?” ThinkingWorldFeelsShouldLooksMightAgeFunnyViewsConditionsProfoundThoughtfulThinkerGravityPrivilegedAmusementGloom Author:Anita Loos
“...In the past, as now, [Hollywood] was a stamping ground for tastelessness, violence, and hyperbole, but once upon a time it turned out a product which sweetened the flavor of life all over the world.” WorldPastViolenceProductsHollywoodMovieFlavorOnce Upon A TimeHyperbole Book:Fate keeps on happening: adventures of Lorelei Lee and other writings Source: Fate keeps on happening: adventures of Lorelei Lee and other writings
“When I was very young and first worked in Hollywood, the films had bred in me one sole ambition: to get away from them; to live inthe great world outside movies; to meet people who created their own situations through living them; who ad-libbed their own dialogue; whose jokes were not the contrivance of some gag writer.” PeopleWorldFirstsFilmYoungSituationAmbitionJokesHollywoodDialogueGet AwayAdsSoleGags Author:Anita Loos
