Despair is your friend in show business. I don't believe you can act if happiness is your lot. It's the ups that keep you living and the downs that mete out talent. — Ruth Gordon Copy Share Image
In the old days, ptomaine poisoning was a cover-all. If you missed a show and you were young, it meant you were having an abortion. If you were old, it meant you were having a face lift. — Ruth Gordon Copy Share Image
Anything that begins 'I don't know how to tell you this' is never good news. — Ruth Gordon Copy Share Image
Try something new each day. After all, we're given life to find it out. It doesn't last forever. — Ruth Gordon Copy Share Image
Your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, and you'll probably make it through… — Ruth Gordon Copy Share Image
At seventy-four I'm getting minor raves on my looks, but I'm caught in the middle. Who knows what seventy-four looks like? Who cares? But… — Ruth Gordon Copy Share Image
Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these conversational gray hairs. — Ruth Gordon Copy Share Image
Despair is your friend in show business. I don't believe you can act if happiness is your lot. It's the ups that keep you… — Ruth Gordon Copy Share Image
