Hedda Hopper Quotes

(On her ascerbic writing style) "Nobody`s interested in sweetness and light."

(On Hollywood) "Our town worships success, the bitch goddess whose smile hides a taste for blood."

"Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone."

"I can wear a hat or take it off, but either way it`s a conversation piece."

"In Hollywood gratitude is Public Enemy Number One."

(on Claudette Colbert) The smartest, canniest, smoothest eighteen-carat lady I`ve ever seen cross the Hollywood pike. She knows her own mind, knows what`s right for her, has a marvelous self-discipline and a deep-rooted Gallic desire to be in shape, efficient and under control. Her career comes before anything, save possibly her marriage.

(on Joan Crawford) Joan Crawford wouldn`t venture out of her Fifth Avenue apartment to buy an egg unless she is dressed to the teeth.

(on Joan Crawford) Whenever she came to the realization that the men she loved simply didn`t come back, she compensated by adopting children.

Nobody`s interested in sweetness and light.

Dancing came easy to me.

She looks like she combs her hair with an egg beater.

At one time I thought he wanted to be an actor. He had certain qualifications, including no money and a total lack of responsibility.

And in singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up for in volume.