Garbo Quotes

As a beauty, Dolores del Rio is in a class with (Greta Garbo). Then she opens her mouth and becomes Minnie Mouse.

There was a saying around M-G-M - " Norma Shearer got the productions, Greta Garbo` supplied the art, and Joan Crawford made the money to pay for both."

(When asked in her later years by a fan if she is Greta Garbo): "I * was* Greta Garbo."

(on Jean Arthur) A difficult person out in the street, so they say -- I never knew her -- but everyone who went to the movies liked her, and that`s unusual. Every movie star is disliked by some people -- Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich certainly, even Greta Garbo, Ronald Colman -- but everyone liked Jean Arthur.

Frankly, I don`t like publicity. I always remember something that David Belasco said and had incorporated in the contracts of his stars. His theory was, "Never let yourself be seen in public unless they pay for it". To me, that makes sense. The most glamorous, the most fascinating star our business ever had was (Greta Garbo). Why? Because she kept herself from the public. Each member of the audience had his own idea of what she was really like. But take the other stars of today. There is no mystery about them. The public knows what kind of toothpaste they use, whether they sleep in men`s pajamas and every intimate fact of their lives. When I read publicity about them, I can tell just which press agent they employ.

I always wanted to do comedies but nobody discovered this until my old age. They think all Swedes are like (Greta Garbo).

The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.

The only actress they didn`t test was Garbo. Must have been her accent.

I can`t do the Garbo or Dietrich thing.