Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon
Ruth Gordon Jones, better known as Ruth Gordon, was an American film, stage, and television actress, as well as screenwriter and playwright. Gordon began her career performing on Broadway at age nineteen. Known for her nasal voice and distinct personality, she gained international visibility and critical acclaim for film roles which continued into her seventies and eighties. Her later work included performances in Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude, and the Clint Eastwood films Every Which Way but Looseand Any Which...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth30 October 1896
CityQuincy, MA
CountryUnited States of America
To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. Get the knack of getting people to help you and also pitch in yourself. A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never -- I repeat -- never under any conditions face the facts.
. L-I-V-E. LIVE! Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room.
Courage is like a muscle strenghthened by its use.
In our family we don't divorce men - we bury them
So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?
Get up early in the morning before everybody has breathed up all the good air.
Live long enough and you'll come into pensions, a lovely thing. Presents every month from people you didn't know cared.
In our family we don't divorce our men - we bury them.
Anything that begins 'I don't know how to tell you this' is never good news.
You have to have a talent for having talent.
Life is getting through the moment. The philosopher William James says to cultivate the cheerful attitude. Now nobody had more trouble than he did -- except me. I had more trouble in my life than anybody. But your first big trouble can be a bonanza if you live through it. Get through the first trouble, you'll probably make it through the next one.
Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom.
Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these conversational gray hairs.
The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of them all, the kiss of an actress is the most unnerving. How can we tell if she means it or if she's just practicing?....