"Lionel Barrymore first played my grandfather, later my father, and finally, he played my husband. If he'd lived, I'm sure I'd have played his mother. That's the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older." "I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an entirely new art form. It was not just pantomine, but something wonderfully expressive." "Fans always write asking why I didn't smile more in films. I smiled in 'Annie Laurie', but I can't recall that it helped much." "Those little virgins, after five minutes you got sick of playing them - to make them more interesting was hard work."

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