Greta Garbo Quotes
"There is no one who would have me...I can't cook."
"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."
"Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it."
"Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening."
"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 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."
"If only those who dream about Hollywood knew how difficult it all is."
"Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do." "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."
[When asked in her later years by a fan if she is Greta Garbo]: "I * was* Greta Garbo."
"Gimme a whiskey with ginger ale on the side and don't be stingy, baby." -- Garbo's classic opening line from her very first talking film "Anna Christie"
"If you're going to die on screen, you've got to be strong and in good health."
"There are many things in your heart you can never tell another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them."
"What, when drunk, one sees in other women, one sees in Garbo sober."
"I live like a monk: with one toothbrush, one cake of soap, and a pot of cream."
