Mary Astor Quotes

A painter paints, a musician plays, a writer writes - but a movie actor waits.

I was never totally involved in movies. I was just making my father`s dream come true.

It`s not good to make sentimental journeys. You see the differences instead of the sameness.

Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.

(On George S. Kaufman) "He was the kind of man I`d go over a cliff for."

At Metro, you practically had to go to the front office if you wanted something as real as having your hair mussed. . . All automobiles were shiny, a picture never hung crooked, a door never squeaked, stocking seams were always straight and no actress ever had a shiny nose

There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who`s Mary Astor? Get me Mary Astor. Get me a Mary Astor Type. Get me a young Mary Astor. Who`s Mary Astor?

At Metro, you practically had to go to the front office if you wanted something as real as having your hair mussed. . . All automobiles were shiny, a picture never hung crooked, a door never squeaked, stocking seams were always straight and no actress ever had a shiny nose.

(On her early Hollywood roles) "I was as two-dimensional as the screen itself: cool, indifferent, looking lovely in close ups. Period. Period. Period. When was I ever going to learn to act? You can`t learn if you can`t experiment and find out what works and doesn`t work. But the hours are long, the schedule rigid, so I did what I was told and saved time and money for the front office. And got a lot of jobs that way."

A person without memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without memory is neither a child nor an amnesiac, but neither is it a country.