Apprenticeship Quote by Gloria Swanson

“I have gone through a long apprenticeship. I have gone through enough of being a nobody. I have decided that when I am a star, I will be every inch and every moment the star! Everybody from the studio gateman to the highest executive will know it.”

Gloria Swanson

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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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