Lillian Gish Quotes

• What you get is a living-what you give is a life.

  Lillian Gish

  Giving, True Life, Aging

  Lillian Gish (1969). “The Movies, Mr. Grifith, and Me”

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• As long as you are curious, you will never be bored.

  Lillian Gish

  Long, Bored, Curiosity

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• You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.

  Lillian Gish

  Mother, Husband, Father

  Quoted in Abby Adams, An Uncommon Scold (1989)

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• I've never been in style, so I can't go out of style.

  Lillian Gish

  Style, I Can

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.

  Lillian Gish

  Happy Life, Earning, Life Is

  Lillian Gish (1969). “The Movies, Mr. Grifith, and Me”

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• The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable.

  Lillian Gish

  Believe, I Believe, I Believe In

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• I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an entirely new art form. It was not just pantomine, but something wonderfully expressive.

  Lillian Gish

  Art, Way, Silent

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.

  Lillian Gish

  Life, Good Man, Manners

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• Never get caught acting.

  Lillian Gish

  Theatre, Acting, Caught

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• It's a hard world for little things.

  Lillian Gish

  Littles, World, Little Things

  "Fictional character: Rachel Cooper". Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, www.imdb.com. 1955.

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• I can't remember a time when I wasn't acting, so I can't imagine what I would do if I stopped now.

  Lillian Gish

  Acting, Remember, Imagine

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Love is a hard rock between two people and can't be torn apart

  Lillian Gish

  Valentines Day, Flower, Love Is

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• I like people to come back and tell me what I did wrong. That's the kindest thing you can do.

  Lillian Gish

  People, Criticism, Can Do

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• Hollywood has turned into an emotional Detroit.

  Lillian Gish

  Emotional, Hollywood, Detroit

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• The stage was our school, our home, our life.

  Lillian Gish

  Home, School, Stage

  Lillian Gish, Ann Pinchot (1969). “The Movies, Mr. Griffith, and Me”

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• It had been drilled into us that when an audience pays to see a performance, it is entitled to the best performance you can give.Nothing in your personal life must interfere, neither fatigue, illness, nor anxiety--not even joy.

  Lillian Gish

  Giving, Joy, Anxiety

  Lillian Gish (1969). “The Movies, Mr. Grifith, and Me”

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• Fans always write asking why I didn't smile more in films. I smiled in `Annie Laurie`, but I can't recall that it helped much.

  Lillian Gish

  Writing, Asking Why, Fans

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• Hollywood - an emotional Detroit.

  Lillian Gish

  Emotional, Hollywood, Detroit

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