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
people want proud
If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear people say, 'There's Joan Crawford!' I turn around and say, 'Hi! How are you!'
flower alive damn
Send me flowers while I'm alive. They won't do me a damn bit of good after I'm dead.
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.
fashion acting actresses
Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.
thinking directors fallen
I'd like to think every director I've worked with has fallen in love with me, I know Dorothy Arzner did.
survival faces hollywood
Hollywood is like life, you face it with the sum total of your equipment.
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.
bad-ass helping famous-last-words
Dammit... Don't you dare ask God to help me.
want i-can ifs
If I can't be me, I don't want to be anybody
house care way
Not that anyone cares, but there's a right and wrong way to clean a house.
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.
believe play spots
They were grooming Doris Day to take over the top spot. Jack L. Warner asked me to play her sister in one picture. I said, "Come on, Jack. No one could ever believe that I would have Doris Day for a sister."
stars husband believe
Sensitive husbands don't like second billing. I don't believe Franchot ever for a moment resented the fact that I was a star. Possibly he resented Hollywood's refusal to let him forget it. There was never a doubt in my mind that his talent was greater than mine.
strong self survival
You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.