Characters Lived Quotes by Irene Dunne

Nothing can replace the excitement, the magic, and yes the glamour of a Ziegfeld show.

— Irene Dunne

Of course WE never had to do nude scenes. I'm glad, too, because I'm susceptible to pneumonia.

— Irene Dunne

I'll leave the swearing to the Jane Fondas.

— Irene Dunne

So being two different people in one day unnerved me to no end.

— Irene Dunne

I know all the swear words. I just don't use them. There are worse things in life than being called a Lady.

— Irene Dunne

That's why there are so few women stars today. Pornography has taken away the mystery.

— Irene Dunne

I always believed in my characters. I lived them

— Irene Dunne

You see I found I didn't have to act to be happy

— Irene Dunne

The things we like best are either illegal, immoral or fattening.

— Irene Dunne

I drifted into acting and drifted out. Acting is not everything. Living is.

— Irene Dunne

That's the kind of stuff you are offered today. Scripts that have you mixed up with young men. I find them utterly revolting.

— Irene Dunne

Trying to build the brotherhood of man without the fatherhood of God is like trying to make a wheel without a hub.

— Irene Dunne