Claudette Colbert Quotes
I married a wonderful doctor, and I was very happy-period.
It took me years to figure out that you don`t fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it.
I`ve always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don`t.
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother.
I know what`s best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.
Audiences always sound like they`re glad to see me, and I`m damned glad to see them.
If I couldn`t laugh, I`d rather die.
Men don`t get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair.
I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can`t think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I.
I know what`s best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.
Most of us don`t know about happiness until it`s over.
It matters more what`s in a woman`s face than what`s on it.
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother.
(on Clark Gable) I was so happy to be within two feet of him.
Audiences always sound like they`re glad to see me, and I`m damned glad to see them. If they want you, you want to do it.
(on Bette Davis) You`re the luckiest of us all. You started playing older women when you were young. So you never had to bridge the gap.
In response to an invitation to write an autobiography - "Books written by actresses are for the birds. Besides what would I write?...that somebody was looking for an Italian type to play the ingenue in a film and I might do?"
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother
I was so happy to be within two feet of him.
You`re the luckiest of us all. You started playing older women when you were young. So you never had to bridge the gap.
Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother.
In response to an invitation to write an autobiography - "Books written by actresses are for the birds. Besides what would I write?...that somebody was looking for an Italian type to play the ingenue in a film and I might do?
I know what`s best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.
Audiences always sound like they`re glad to see me, and I`m damned glad to see them. If they want you, you want to do it.
I`ve always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don`t.
Most of us don`t know about happiness until it`s over.
