Best Old Hollywood Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“She ran her own train. She didn't feel she had to get married, she wore her hair and makeup the way she wanted to, she furnished her home the way she wanted to, she did everything the way she wanted to.”

Old Hollywood Greta Garbo Independant Women Barry Paris

Book:Garbo

Source: Garbo

“To MGM fell the thankless task of policing the Garbo name and its commercial use. Several years earlier, J. Robert Rubin in MGM's New York office was panicked to learn of a trademarked product called Garbo - which turned out to be a new fangled garbage unit. The final cable from headquarters in Culver City concluded, 'It would be fairly hard to stop the word Garbo in connection with a refuse container. It does not seem anyone is going to confuse the two.”

Marketing Mgm Old Hollywood Greta Garbo Barry Paris

Book:Garbo

Source: Garbo

“...they had us working days and nights on end" Judy complained in McCall's. "They'd give us pep-up pills to keep us on our feet long after we were exhausted. Then they'd take us to the studio hospital and knock us cold with sleeping pills- Mickey sprawled out on one bed and me on another. Then after four hours they'd wake us up and give us the pep-up pills again so we could work another seventy-two hours in a row. Half of the time we were hanging from the ceiling, but it became a way of life for us.”

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Book:Judy Garland

Source: Judy Garland

“Women were never absent from film history; they often simply weren’t documented as part of it because they did “”

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Book:Never Done: A History of Women's Work in Media Production

Source: Never Done: A History of Women's Work in Media Production

“Today...major actors and actresses develop their own projects or, at the very least, cherry-pick their roles carefully to suit not only their tastes but also whatever image they have cultivated to present to their public. Most major stars have their own production companies through which such projects are developed and even financed. While the biggest male stars of that time did in fact have their own production companies--Jimmy Stewart, Kirk Douglas, John Wayne, and Burt Lancaster, to name a few--and thus exerted creative and financial control over their careers, that was not the case with female stars. But Marilyn Monroe was about to change that.”

Progress Gender Equality Old Hollywood Marilyn Monroe

Book:The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

Source: The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

“She looked Spencer over, tip to toe, as though she were considering buying him. Then she smiled her friendliest smile and said, "You're rather short, aren't you?" "Don't worry honey," said Mankiewicz, trying desperately to extinguish Spencer's glare. "He'll cut you down to size.”

Romance Actors Friendship Biography Old Hollywood Katherine Hepburn Spencer Tracy

Book:Tracy and Hepburn

Source: Tracy and Hepburn

“Women were never absent from film history; they often simply weren’t documented as part of it because they did “women's work”, which was—by definition— insignificant, tedious, low status, and noncreative. In the golden age of Hollywood, women could be found in nearly every department of every studio, minding the details that might otherwise get in the way of more important, prestigious, or creative work (a.k.a. men's work). If film historians consider the classical Hollywood era’s mode of production a system, we ought to consider women this system’s main-stay, because studios were built on their low-cost backs and scaled through their brush and keystrokes.”

Feminism Hollywood Gender Equality Gender Roles Equal Pay Old Hollywood Histoory

Book:Never Done: A History of Women's Work in Media Production

Source: Never Done: A History of Women's Work in Media Production

“Old Hollywood is just like a desert water in Africa. Hang around long enough and every kind of animal in the world will drift in for refreshments.”

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Book:Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)

Source: Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.”

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Author:Judy Garland

“I love the old Hollywood glam look: platinum blonde hair, the perfect red lip. It's very Marilyn Monroe and shows a pure feminine beauty.”

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Author:Christina Aguilera

“Of All the Gin Joints is one part cinematic history, one part old Hollywood weirdness, and one part handy basic bar guide, with a dash of romance and more than a few wry twists. Bailey and Hemingway prove themselves very entertaining cultural mixologists.”

Romance Prove Hollywood Guides Bars Entertaining Twists Joints Weirdness Handy Gin Cinematic Wry Old Hollywood

Author:Sam Lipsyte

“I look to the women who epitomize old Hollywood glamour, like Rita Hayworth. She had a way of making sophisticated clothes look sexy without ever seeming sleazy or cheap.”

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Author:Jennifer Lopez

“I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies - Ill devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite is Sunset Boulevard starring Gloria Swanson.”

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Author:Amanda Donohoe

“To be honest, I miss the old Hollywood way of having some mystique about the star.”

Way Stars Honest Missing Hollywood Being Honest Mystique Old Hollywood

Author:Nicole Scherzinger

“I think Hollywood is more of a state of mind then a place. There are certainly iconic locations in L.A. but as far as the glitz and glamour of old Hollywood and the studio system, that's all but faded away.”

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Author:Nicholas Ozeki

“As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”

“I love regal looks on the Oscars red carpet. I just love old-Hollywood glamour. I love hair pulled back off the face, beautiful makeup...long sleeves are really elegant. The Oscars are not a place to be too flirty or fun or sexy.”

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Author:Giuliana Rancic

“The good part of working in TV is it's like being a studio director in old Hollywood and approaching different genres. It's a chance to try out different styles.”

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Author:Mary Harron

“If I had my life to live over again, I'd live over a saloon.”

Ifs Saloons Old Hollywood

Author:W. C. Fields

“The factors that laid low so whooping and puissant an empire as the old Hollywood are many. I can think of a score, including the barbarian hordes of Television. But there is one that stands out for me in the post-mortem.... The factor had to do with the basis of movie-making: 'Who shall be in charge of telling the story.'”

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Author:Ben Hecht

“My style icons would be people like Brigitte Bardot and old Hollywood actresses who always look so stunning, cool and chic. I like classic and timeless looks.”

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Author:Jessica Brown Findlay

“Eventually, if your career goes higher and higher, that's just how it is, but it's a little frightening. When I was younger and I thought about being an actor, I thought of the old Hollywood style of glamour, and that was so beautiful and appealing to me. Now, if you want to be an actor, it's not the same.”

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Author:Tinsel Korey

“I look at a picture like Scarecrow and think, 'Jesus, how could they have let us make that?' I mean, if you used technology that old nowadays, it would look like old Hollywood.”

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Author:Vilmos Zsigmond

“There are so many things I'd like to do. I'd really like to be in a period piece that takes place in old New York or old Hollywood and wear those costumes and that makeup.”

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Author:Jenny Slate

“I love watching old movies anyway - I grew up with my mom watching old movies and being immersed in the history of old Hollywood.”

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Author:Lily Collins

“I love hats, I'm such a fan of hats. You don't wear a fascinator everywhere you go, but there are ways to incorporate old Hollywood nuances into your looks today but also edge it up.”

Way Looks Today Fans Hollywood Edges Hats Nuance Old Hollywood

Author:Lily Collins

“My mom brought me up on old Hollywood. I had been living in Los Angeles. Respecting old movies and growing up with people that were icons that I got to speak to.”

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Author:Lily Collins

“When I think about old Hollywood and the glamour of those days, women like Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, and Audrey Hepburn were not dressing the way some girls dress today. There was a certain mystery about them, and I feel like that's gone in our industry.”

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Author:Aly Michalka

“I don't follow trends. I'm just not into what everyone else is wearing. I have my own look, which I call 'Lolita Meets Old Hollywood Glam.'”

Looks My Own Hollywood Trends Glam Old Hollywood

Author:Katy Perry

“I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn't shut up.”

Humans Lions Shut Up Introvert Shyness Old Hollywood

Author:Ingrid Bergman

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

“I had a meeting in LA in which they took a really overstuffed hour and a half. It was as close to old Hollywood as I remembered it in the last 20 years.”

Years Lasts Hours Half Hollywood Meetings Remembered Old Hollywood

Author:David Ogden Stiers

“A dame that knows the ropes isn't likely to get tied up.”

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Book:The wit and wisdom of Mae West

Source: The wit and wisdom of Mae West

“Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.”

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Author:Julie Burchill

“I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.”

“I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.”

“Hollywood is a place where people from Iowa mistake each other for stars.”

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Author:Fred Allen

“An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer.”

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Author:Fred Allen

“I can live without money, but I cannot live without love.”

Love I Can Money Poverty Love You Inspirational Love Without Love Love Myself Love Of Money Old Hollywood

Author:Judy Garland

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself.”

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Author:Audrey Hepburn

“But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.”

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Author:Olivier Martinez

“All the actors I respect, especially old-Hollywood actors, the reason I think so many of them have had long careers is that there is a sort of mystery about them. You don't know what they do on Friday nights when they go home from work. You have no clue. You have this sort of fantasy about them.”

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Author:Kate Mara

“I think a lot of African-American kids don't have fathers to teach them how to dress, so you end up being taught by pictures in magazine and movies. You see cowboys, Indians, old Hollywood films, Cary Grant. It has an effect on you.”

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Author:Andre Benjamin

“What audiences end up with word-wise is a hackneyed, completely derivative copy of old Hollywood romances, a movie that reeks of phoniness and lacks even minimal originality.”

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Author:Kenneth Turan

“I love the pictures of Old Hollywood, seeing the directors dressed in suits and ties. Even the grips would be wearing ties. But the biggest thing is when I was a kid, I couldn't wait to be an adult, and I think what happens with most guys is that no one wants to be an adult anymore. So they're dressing like kids.”

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Author:Paul Feig

“That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood.”

Gone Hollywood Old Hollywood

Author:Warren Beatty

“I wish I was old Hollywood.”

Wish Hollywood Old Hollywood

Author:Darren Criss

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