Sylvia Sidney Quotes

"I`d be the girl of the gangster...then the sister who was bringing up the gangster...then the mother of the gangster...and they always had me ironing somebody`s shirt."

"What did Hitchcock teach me? To be a puppet and not try to be creative."

"Paramount paid me by the tear."

"Prima donnas in anything are bad...Having a child was a great leveling agent. Those babies couldn`t care less that their parents were famous."

"Women who try to hide their age just call attention to it. Why lie about it? I don`t feel any younger...I don`t look any younger. Somebody finds out about your real age eventually. It`s easier to be frank about it...I`ve enjoyed every age in my life. I`ve never wanted to go back."

"What`s the use of talking about a favorite role if you can`t get it...The role you`re doing ought to be your favorite. If you don`t like a part it`s probably because you`ve a feeling of inadequacy about it."

"Hollywood! It`s like an old chair - if it`s useful, keep it; if not, give it to Goodwill."

"Fredric March had the reputation of being a ladies man. We made two pictures together, Merrily We Go to Hell (1932) and Good Dame (1934). But he never laid a hand on me, never made a pass at me! Freddie was happily married. He`d tease me by saying, `Look at those boobs!` or `Look at that toosh!`. But it was all in fun."

Every young actress thinks she`s a tragedian -- the more tragic roles, the more you cry, the more you suffer, the better an actress you are. But, when I got a little older, a little more mature, I wanted to get out of my image of the victimized kid." I began to say, "Wait a minute. There`s a thing called comedy that takes an even rougher intelligence and more technique and knowledge of the craft."