Fame Quote by Gloria Swanson

“Fame was thrilling only until it became grueling. Money was fun only until you ran out of things to buy.”

Gloria Swanson

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All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.

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Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive…

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I consider anybody who weighs over 200 pounds fat, and time was when I could not refrain from telling such people so.

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Nobody gets anything for nothing.

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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…

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So they were turning, after all - those cameras. Life, which can be strangely merciful, had taken pity on Norma Desmond. The dream she…

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I became a fanatic about healthy food in 1944.

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The English press treated the world premiere of my first talking picture as a major event.

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I had starred in more than 30 successful films, six in a row directed by Cecil B. De Mille.

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Your body is the direct result of what you eat as well as what you don't eat.

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The major gossip columnists were more concerned with protecting the industry than with gunning down sinners.

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I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again.

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