“Being a motion picture actress is the pitch of ecstasy.” ActressesEcstasyMotion Pictures Author:Norma Shearer
“I always chose sophisticated parts because you can't really be interesting as a young girl or outstanding as an ingenue.” YoungGirlInterestingSophisticatedOutstandingParting Author:Norma Shearer
“A woman today is good, or she is bad, according to the way she does a thing - and not because of the thing itself.” WayDoeToday Author:Norma Shearer
“Somehow or other I always got myself rigged up in something sensational.” SensationalRigged Author:Norma Shearer
“The morals of yesterday are no more. They are as dead as the day they were lived. Economic independence has put woman on exactly the same footing as man.” MenMoralEconomicIndependenceYesterdayEconomic Independence Author:Norma Shearer
“An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other.” MayOne ThingAdventureProudTravelSpotsWornFunny TravelGreat TravelMuddyAdventure And TravelPhotography And Travel Author:Norma Shearer
“It is impossible to get anything made or accomplished without stepping on some toes; enemies are inevitable when one is a doer.” MadeEnemyImpossibleInevitableAccomplishedToesDoers Author:Norma Shearer
“Never let them see you in public after you've turned 35. You're finished if you do!” IfsFinished Author:Norma Shearer
“Scarlett O'Hara is going to be a thankless and difficult role. The part I'd like to play is Rhett Butler.” PlayDifficultRolesButlersThanklessScarlett O HaraRhett Butler Author:Norma Shearer
“I get whatever placidity I have from my father. But my mother taught me how to take it on the chin.” MotherFatherTaughtParentingParenthoodChins Author:Norma Shearer
“An actress must never lose her ego -- without it she has no talent.” LosesActingTalentEgoActresses Author:Norma Shearer
