I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again. — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year. — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive… — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could not refrain from telling such people so. — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
In a theater you can fool everyone past the tenth row if you're good, but on the screen you can't really fool anyone for… — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
So they were turning, after all - those cameras. Life, which can be strangely merciful, had taken pity on Norma Desmond. The dream she… — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event. — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by Cecil B. De Mille. — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you don't eat. — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners. — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again. — Gloria Swanson Copy Share Image
