Rosalind Russell Quotes


Rosalind Russell

"Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly."

"Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral."

"At MGM there was a first wave of top stars, and a second wave to replace them in case they got difficult. I was second in line of defence, behind Myrna Loy."

"Flops are part of a life`s menu and I`ve never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses."

"In all those types of films I wore a tan suit, a grey suit, a beige suit and then a negligee for the seventh reel near the end when I would admit to my best friend on the telephone that what I really wanted was to become a little housewife."

"Taste. You cannot buy such a rare and wonderful thing. You can`t send away for it in a catalogue. And I`m afraid it`s becoming obsolete."

"Taking joy in life is a woman`s best cosmetic."

Flops are a part of life`s menu and I`ve never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.

I`ll match my flops with anybody`s but I wouldn`t have missed `em.

Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.

Taking joy in living is a woman`s best cosmetic.

Where is there beauty when you see deprivation and starvation?

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.

Being given good material is like being assigned to bake a cake and having the batter made for you.

Taking joy in life is a woman`s best cosmetic.

Taste. You cannot buy such a rare and wonderful thing. You can`t send away for it in a catalogue. And I`m afraid it`s becoming obsolete.

In all those types of films I wore a tan suit, a grey suit, a beige suit and then a negligee for the seventh reel near the end when I would admit to my best friend on the telephone that what I really wanted was to become a little housewife.

Flops are part of a life`s menu and I`ve never been a girl to miss out on any of the courses.

At MGM there was a first wave of top stars, and a second wave to replace them in case they got difficult. I was second in line of defence, behind Myrna Loy.

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.






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