Lillian Gish famous quotes

03-25-2025

What you get is a living-what you give is a life.
-- Lillian Gish

#Giving #Aging
You know, when I first went into the movies Lionel Barrymore played my grandfather. Later he played my father and finally he played my husband. If he had lived I'm sure I would have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.
-- Lillian Gish

#Mother #Husband #Father
A happy life is one spent in learning, earning, and yearning.
-- Lillian Gish

#Happy Life #Earning #Life Is
The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable.
-- Lillian Gish

#Believe #I Believe #I Believe In
I like people to come back and tell me what I did wrong. That's the kindest thing you can do.
-- Lillian Gish

#People #Criticism
It had been drilled into us that when an audience pays to see a performance, it is entitled to the best performance you can give.Nothing in your personal life must interfere, neither fatigue, illness, nor anxiety--not even joy.
-- Lillian Gish

#Giving #Joy #Anxiety
Hollywood - an emotional Detroit.
-- Lillian Gish

#Emotional #Hollywood #Detroit
It's a hard world for little things,
-- Lillian Gish

#World #Littles #Little Things
You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.
-- Lillian Gish

#Good Man #Manners #Easier
As long as you are curious, you will never be bored.
-- Lillian Gish

#Long #Bored #Curiosity
Never get caught acting.
-- Lillian Gish

#Theatre #Acting #Caught
The stage was our school, our home, our life.
-- Lillian Gish

#Home #School #Stage
I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an entirely new art form. It was not just pantomine, but something wonderfully expressive.
-- Lillian Gish

#Art #Way #Silent
I've never been in style, so I can't go out of style.
-- Lillian Gish

#Style
I can't remember a time when I wasn't acting, so I can't imagine what I would do if I stopped now.
-- Lillian Gish

#Acting #Remember #Imagine
Fans always write asking why I didn't smile more in films. I smiled in `Annie Laurie`, but I can't recall that it helped much.
-- Lillian Gish

#Writing #Fans #Asking

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