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"Of course, Hollywood is still making some excellent pictures which reflect the great artistry that made Hollywood famous throughout the world, but these films are exceptions, judging from box office returns and press reviews."
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"After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school."
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"Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him."
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"I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress."
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"The one thing you've got to say about Columbia is that it has courses that are famous. It has alumni who come back and say it was the best thing they ever did."
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"Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else."
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"I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning."
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"I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano."
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"In Germany I am not so famous."
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"Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous."
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"Few if any teenagers can relate to getting up for school and finding famous comics like Pryor and Williams hanging out in your living room after a hard night of partying. But that's Hollywood."
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"In the next shot the cameras zoomed to the fiancee who noticed the lights in the Czarina's room go out and the camera then turned to the pond where two goldfish were making love."
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"Today the salaries of stars are astronomical in comparison with the 20's, but the high cost of today's living and taxes takes a huge bite out of these salaries."
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"Stars didn't have to worry as they were on long term contracts and were able to enjoy their vacations without worrying about tomorrow. Few had financial worries due to large incomes and little taxes."
Finance

"Yes, I was correctly quoted in saying I introduced sex into films in the 20's, but it was sex in good taste and left a great deal to one's imagination."
Imagination

"I then remained in Berlin until Dec. 1938, spending my time between pictures at my villa on the Riviera."
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"The presentation of hard core pornography, brutality and shocking language, from what I hear, is leaving the public jaded and tired of this kind of film."
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"My hard work and excellent training entitled me to be a better actress than some of my competitors."
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"Alas, in 1929 came the Stock Market crash and everything changed and became worrisome. People started practicing conservatism because of financial losses, myself included."
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"I agree with Marjorie Rosen's good psychological analysis of my acting ability."
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"Of course, Hollywood is still making some excellent pictures which reflect the great artistry that made Hollywood famous throughout the world, but these films are exceptions, judging from box office returns and press reviews."
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