Gloria Stuart Quotes
"When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn't want movie actresses."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Name, Want)
"In the '60s, '70s and '80s, everybody was pretty tense on the set."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Pretty)
"It never occurred to me that it would be a big hit internationally and forever."
- Gloria Stuart
"It was a struggle treating Claude Rains as my lover, but we were friendly. It was no great love affair."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Love, Struggle)
"The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Actors, Awards)
"The John Ford pictures I made are highly regarded, but at the time they didn't seem like that."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Time)
"There's no point in working if I'm not involved and interested."
- Gloria Stuart
"When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Birthday, Thought, July)
"I love working."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Love)
"I'm amazed. When I was 40, I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Thought)
"When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realize it would take so long."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Succeed)
"I had been told by so many people that I was going to be nominated, that I should be nominated, that there wasn't any question about my being nominated. I don't think it was a surprise."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: People, Being, Question)
"I quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Years)
"Claude Rains was what we call an actor's actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Performance, Actor)
"I have a private press. I'm a book artist. I publish books of other authors and artists. I do the illustrating. I set the type. I print it myself on my press. I do everything but bind it."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Artist, Artists, Books, Press)
"I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!"
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Acting)
"I just finished my 11th book last week, so I'm ready to start the next one."
- Gloria Stuart
"I wanted to be on the stage, doing very important emotional roles."
- Gloria Stuart
"I never had a great role in a great film."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Film)
"I wanted to be a theater actress, but I thought it would be easier to get to New York and the theater if I had a name than if I just walked the streets as a little girl from California."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Thought, Name, Theater)
"A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets."
- Gloria Stuart
(Related: Heart, Deep, Ocean, Secrets, Woman)