Nelson Eddy Quotes

(on why he refused to see his own films) "I was too ashamed of them."

(During his 1960s nightclub tour) "I want to keep going until I drop."

(in 1957) "I don`t know why people still want to believe that Jeanette MacDonald and I were a couple off the set. There`s no truth to that rumor, at all. She`s happily married to Gene Raymond and I`m happily married to Anne. I guess people want to believe that what they see on the screen is reality while in actuality, it`s just a movie!"

(Reacting to seeing himself in an elaborate costume and makeup onscreen) "Get him. Ain`t he purty?"