Brazen Hussies Celebrate ~ Greta Garbo!!!

GRETA GARBO

Swedish actress

(1905 - 1990)

"I smoke all the time, one after the other."

"Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

"Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it."

"Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game."

"You don't have to be married to have a good friend as your partner for life."

"I wish I were supernaturally strong so I could put right everything that is wrong."

"Every one of us lives his life just once; if we are honest, to live once is enough"

"There is no one who would have me - I can't cook."

"I vant to be alone."

"I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is a whole world of difference."

"I think I'll go back to Sweden!"

"I'm afraid of nothing except being bored."

"I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures."

"The story of my life is about back entrances, side doors, secrets elevators and other ways of getting in and out of places so that people won't bother me."

"Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them.'

"There are some who want to get married and others who don't. I have never had an impulse to go to the altar. I am a difficult person to lead." 8/1

"There seems to be a law that governs all our actions so I never make plans."

"If you are blessed, you are blessed, whether you are married or single."

"If only those who dream about Hollywood knew how difficult it all is."

Greta Garbo Famous Movie Quotes

"I vant to be alone." Greta Garbo in Grand Hotel

"Give me a whisky, ginger ale on the side. And don't be stingy, baby." ANNA CHRISTIE (Greta Garbo, MGM, 1930)

"Garbo laughs!" Ninotchka

NINOTCHKA (Greta Garbo): "The last mass trials were a great success. There are going to be fewer but better Russians."

NINOTCHKA (looking at a hat in a store window): "How can such a civilization survive that allows women to put things like that on their heads?"

NINOTCHKA: "Must you flirt?" LEON (Melvyn Douglas): "I don't have to, but I find it natural." NINOTCHKA: "Suppress it."

LEON: "I love Russians. Comrade, I have been fascinated by your Five Year Plan for the past fifteen years." NINOTCHKA: "Your type will soon be extinct."

NINOTCHKA: "I acknowledge the existence of a natural impulse, common to all." LEON: "What can I possibly do to encourage such an impulse in you?" NINOTCHKA: "You don't have to do a thing. Chemically we're already quite sympathetic."

CAFŸ OWNER: (Charles Judels): "What shall it be?"

NINOTCHKA: "Raw beets and carrots."

CAFŸ OWNER: "Madame, this is a restaurant, not a meadow."

CAFŸ OWNER: "Madame, if you don't think about food, what do you think about?"

NINOTCHKA: "The future of the common people."

CAFŸ OWNER: "Also a question of food."

NINOTCHKA: "I should hate to see our country endangered by my underwear."

NINOTCHKA: "Let's form our own party." LEON:

"Right. Lovers of the world unite!" NINOTCHKA:

"Comrades. People of the world. The revolution is on the march. ... Wars will wash over us. Bombs will fall. All civilization will crumble. But not yet, please. Wait, wait. What's the hurry? Let us be happy. Give us our moment."

Anna Christie (1930) - "Garbo talks!"