Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawfordwas an American film and television actress who started as a dancer and stage chorine. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Crawford tenth on their list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth23 March 1905
CountryUnited States of America
emotional forever criticism
I had read the criticisms of me and my movies and they were discerning. They said that Crawford needs a new deal, and they asked if I was doomed to explore forever the emotional misfortunes of the super-sexed modern young woman. And so, to break away from the pattern, I wanted to do "The Gorgeous Hussy". Selznick laughed at me. 'You can't do a costume picture. You're too modern.' But I begged and begged and begged, and so they let me do it. I was totally miscast.
fashion good-friend play
1. Find your own style and have the courage to stick to it. 2. Choose your clothes for your way of life. 3. Make your wardrobe as versatile as an actress. It should be able to play many roles. 4. Find your happiest colours - the ones that make you feel good. 5. Care for your clothes, like the good friends they are!
red ancient trouble
If you start watching the oldies, you're in trouble. I feel ancient if "Grand Hotel" or "The Bride Wore Red" comes on. I have a sneaking regard for "Mildred Pierce", but the others do nothing for me.
beautiful men house
I had always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form... a beautiful house, beautiful man, a beautiful life and image. I was ambitious to get the money which would attain all that for me.
cameras born knows
I was born in front of a camera and really don't know anything else
strong self survival
You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.
survival faces hollywood
Hollywood is like life, you face it with the sum total of your equipment.
hepburn
Nobody can imitate me. You can always see impersonations of Katharine Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. But not me. Because I've always drawn on myself only.
bad-ass helping famous-last-words
Dammit... Don't you dare ask God to help me.
fashion acting actresses
Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.
christian suicide thinking
If I weren't a Christian Scientist, and I saw "Trog" advertised on a marquee across the street, I'd think I'd contemplate suicide.
want i-can ifs
If I can't be me, I don't want to be anybody
morning lying heart
While making "Possessed", I wept each morning on my drive to the studio, and I wept all the way back home. I found it impossible to sleep at night, so I'd lie in bed contemplating the future. I fear it with all my heart and soul even as I fear the dark.
discipline what-is-life strict
I was a strict disciplinarian, perhaps too strict at times, but my God, without discipline what is life?