Greer Garson
Greer Garson
Greer Garson, CBE, was an Anglo-American actress who was very popular during the Second World War, being listed by the Motion Picture Herald as one of America's top-ten box office draws from 1942 to 1946...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth29 September 1904
Greer Garson quotes about
mistake starting-out making-money
Starting out to make money is the greatest mistake in life. Do what you feel you have a flair for doing, and if you are good enough at it, the money will come.
retirement age wish
I do wish I could tell you my age but it's impossible. It keeps changing all the time.
waiting ships
When you can't wait for your ship to come in, you've got to row out to it.
character feel-better thinking
I've been offered nymphomaniacs, kleptomaniacs, pyromaniacs, homicidal maniacs and just plain maniacs. I think producers felt that after playing a long series of noble and admirable characters there would be quite a lot of shock value in seeing me play something altogether different. But I prefer upbeat stories that send people out of the theater feeling better than they did coming in. It's my cup of tea.
opportunity trying three
All I know about getting something that you want is that there are three essential things: wanting, trying and getting the opportunity, the breaks. None works alone without the others. Wanting is basic. Trying is up to you. And the breaks - I do know this, they always happen.
mold casts ifs
If you're going to be typed, there are worse molds in which you can be cast.