Fate cast me to play the role of an ugly duckling with no promise of swanning. . . . I have played my life as a comedy rather than the tragedy many would have made of it. — Marie Dressler Copy Share Image
If there's one thing I know, it's men. I ought to. It's been my life's work. — Marie Dressler Copy Share Image
If ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics? — Marie Dressler Copy Share Image
There are very few persons who would think of inquiring into the private life of the newspaper dealer at the corner, or the druggist,… — Marie Dressler Copy Share Image
I never ride horseback now because my sympathy with the under-dog is too keen. After we have a gone a few blocks, I always… — Marie Dressler Copy Share Image
Fate cast me to play the role of an ugly duckling with no promise of swanning. . . . I have played my life… — Marie Dressler Copy Share Image
If a man is worth loving at all, he is worth loving generously, even recklessly. — Marie Dressler Copy Share Image
In order to represent life on the stage, we must rub elbows with life, live ourselves — Marie Dressler Copy Share Image
Never one thing and seldom one person can make for a success. It takes a number of them merging into one perfect whole. — Marie Dressler Copy Share Image
Never shall I forget those naked, clean-swept little Canadian towns, one just like the other. Before I was twelve years old, I must have… — Marie Dressler Copy Share Image
I never weep over lost money, for I figure I'd rather go to the poorhouse once than go there every day. — Marie Dressler Copy Share Image
I was born serious and I have earned my bread making other people laugh. — Marie Dressler Copy Share Image
