Claudette Colbert

Audiences always sound like they're glad to see me, and I'm damned glad to see them.

— Claudette Colbert

I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so…

— Claudette Colbert

If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die.

— Claudette Colbert

Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair.

— Claudette Colbert

I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.

— Claudette Colbert

I've always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don't.

— Claudette Colbert

I married a wonderful doctor, and I was very happy - period.

— Claudette Colbert

Most of us don't know about happiness until it's over.

— Claudette Colbert

You have no idea what a long-legged gal can do without doing anything.

— Claudette Colbert

It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.

— Claudette Colbert

“Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb.”

— Claudette Colbert

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother

— Claudette Colbert

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.

— Claudette Colbert

It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it.

— Claudette Colbert

The casting couch? There's only one of us who ever made it to stardom without it, and that was Bette Davis.

— Claudette Colbert