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title: "1 Built Stage Quotes By Joan Crawford"
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> [Box-office poison? Mr. Louis B. Mayer always asserted that the studio had built Stage 22, Stage 24 and the Irving Thalberg Building, brick by brick, from the income on my pictures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/box-office-poison-mr-louis-b-mayer-always-asserted-that-the-studio/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

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## More by Joan Crawford

> [My tears speak for me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/my-tears-speak-for-me/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

> [Nobody can imitate me. You can always see impersonations of Katharine Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. But not me. Because I've always drawn on myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/nobody-can-imitate-me-you-can-always-see-impersonations-of-katharine/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

> [Of all the actresses ... to me, only Faye Dunaway has the talent and the class and the courage it takes to make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/of-all-the-actresses-to-me-only-faye-dunaway-has-the-talent-and-the/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

> [If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don't need an analyst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/if-you-have-an-ounce-of-common-sense-and-one-good-friend-you-don-t/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

> [I think the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/i-think-the-most-important-thing-a-woman-can-have-next-to-talent-of/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

> [If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear people say, 'There's Joan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/if-you-ve-earned-a-position-be-proud-of-it-don-t-hide-it-i-want-to-be/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

> [ \[To the mother of two unruly children in a restaurant after the woman said she really didn't know what to do with her children:\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/to-the-mother-of-two-unruly-children-in-a-restaurant-after-the-woman/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

> [Care for your clothes, like the good friends they are](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/care-for-your-clothes-like-the-good-friends-they-are/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

> [It is my intention to make no provision herein for my son Christopher or my daughter Christina for reasons which are well known to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/it-is-my-intention-to-make-no-provision-herein-for-my-son-christopher/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

> [If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/if-you-want-to-see-the-girl-next-door-go-next-door/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

> [ “I find suggestion a hell of a lot more provocative than explicit detail. You didn't see Clark\[Gable\] and Vivien\[leigh\] rolling around in bed in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/i-find-suggestion-a-hell-of-a-lot-more-provocative-than-explicit/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

> [I remember most clearly when a teenage Christopher spat in my face. He said, "I hate you". It's pretty hard to overlook that. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/i-remember-most-clearly-when-a-teenage-christopher-spat-in-my-face-he/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

> [If you throw a lamb chop in the oven, what's to keep it from getting done?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/if-you-throw-a-lamb-chop-in-the-oven-what-s-to-keep-it-from-getting/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

> [“Don't fuck with me, fellas. This ain't my first time at the rodeo.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/don-t-fuck-with-me-fellas-this-ain-t-my-first-time-at-the-rodeo/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

> [I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-crawford/i-have-always-known-what-i-wanted-and-that-was-beauty-in-every-form/)

[Joan Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-crawford/)

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