Ethel Barrymore, (1879-1959), American Actress Quotes

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

You row up the day you have your first real laugh, at yourself.

You grow up the first day you have your first good laugh-at yourself.

There is as much difference between the stage and the film as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become a virtuoso in both.

You must learn day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizons. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about--the more you have left when anything happens.

You grow up the day you have your first real laugh — at yourself.

Is everybody happy? I want everybody to be happy. I know I'm happy.

When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray?

You must learn day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens.

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of a Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a MaCaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.