Paulette Goddard Quotes

#1. I'm always slightly embarrassed to meet other actresses of my vintage. We have so little in common. They're all so dedicated. I find - so desperate.

Paulette Goddard

#2. I am not temperamental. I just know what I want and if I don't have it, I try to get it.

Paulette Goddard

#3. He who accepts the unaltered philosophy of another is as ludicrous as he who donshis neighbor's hat, and infinitely more ridiculous.

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#4. I love doing TV. It's such a breakneck pace, you know. It's kiss and go with your leading man. You meet them in the morning and go right into a clinch. The filming is over before you know their last names.

Paulette Goddard

#5. I lived in Hollywood long enough to
learn to play tennis and become a star,
but I never felt it was my home.

Paulette Goddard

#6. I don't accept flowers. I take nothing perishable.

Paulette Goddard

#7. You live in the present and you eliminate things that don't matter. You don't carry the burden of the past.

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#8. Actors and actresses who say they never go to see their own pictures are talking through their hats. You don't have to be a Freud to know that the most fascinating person in the world - actors or anybody - is yourself.

Paulette Goddard