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title: "4 Lillian Gish Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Lillian Gish may be a charming person, but she is not Ophelia. She comes on stage as if she had been sent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mrs-patrick-campbell/lillian-gish-may-be-a-charming-person-but-she-is-not-ophelia-she/)

[Mrs. Patrick Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mrs-patrick-campbell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62e/mrs-patrick-campbell-28406_charming_lillian-gish-may-be-a-charming-person-bu_46545.jpg)

> [Lillian Gish thought that there should be a cabinet position for the arts and I think she was right. I think she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fay-wray/lillian-gish-thought-that-there-should-be-a-cabinet-position-for-the/)

[Fay Wray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fay-wray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3e/fay-wray-18005_art_lillian-gish-thought-that-there-should-b_181742.png)

> [ Everything went downhill after Lillian \[Gish\] left me. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-w-griffith/everything-went-downhill-after-lillian-gish-left-me/)

[D. W. Griffith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-w-griffith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04d/d-w-griffith-32281_left_everything-went-downhill-after-lillian-g_358233.png)

> [I'm no relation to Lillian or Dorothy Gish. Not even way back. But when I first became interested in acting, I wrote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annabeth-gish/i-m-no-relation-to-lillian-or-dorothy-gish-not-even-way-back-but-when/)

[Annabeth Gish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annabeth-gish/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b8/annabeth-gish-56734_acting_i-m-no-relation-to-lillian-or-dorothy-gi_2106186.jpg)

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