Joan Crawford movie quotes

“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell..”
Joan Crawford

“- Veda: I don't like this house.
- Mildred: Neither do I. But that's no reason to marry a man I'm not in love with.
- Veda: Why not?
- Mildred: Veda, does a new house mean so much to you that you would trade me for it?”
Ann Blyth - Veda Pierce
Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce

“- Monte: You know, Mildred, in the spring, a young man's fancy lightly turns to what he's been thinking about all winter.
- Mildred: It's a good thing California winters are so short.”
Zachary Scott - Monte Beragon
Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce

“- Mrs. Stephen Haines - Mary: May I suggest, if you're dressing to please Stephen, not that one. He doesn't like such obvious effects.
- Crystal Allen: Thanks for the tip. But when anything I wear doesn't please Stephen, I take it off.”
Norma Shearer - Mrs. Stephen Haines - Mary
Joan Crawford - Crystal Allen

“There's a name for you ladies, but it isn't used in high society... outside of a kennel.”
Joan Crawford - Crystal Allen

“You manufacture toys, you don't manufacture stars.”
Joan Crawford

“- Ida: Laughing boy seems slightly burned at the edges. What's eating him?
- Mildred: A small green-eyed monster.
- Ida: Jealous? That doesn't sound like Wally. No profit in it - and there's a boy who loves a dollar.”
Eve Arden - Ida Corwin
Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce

“- Mildred: Friendship's much more lasting than love.
- Wally: Yeah, but it isn't as entertaining.”
Joan Crawford - Mildred Pierce
Jack Carson - Wally Fay

“Everyone imitated my fuller mouth, darker eyebrows. But I wouldn't copy anybody. If I can't be me, I don't want to be anybody. I was born that way.”
Joan Crawford

“- Tod Newton: When a lady says she isn't thirsty, she means all she can drink is champagne cocktails.
- Janie Barlow: You ought to write a book about what women want.”
Franchot Tone - Tod Newton
Joan Crawford - Janie Barlow

“I'm like the guy throwing quarters in the slot machine. I keep on trying.”
Joan Crawford - Janie Barlow

“I have respect for my body and try to take care of it. I eat well but wisely. I have trained myself to stay away from foods that aren't good for me. I used to be tempted like anyone else by a rich cake or beautiful candy, but I've learned that when I eat a lot of sweets and starches I don't feel as well. Is there more fun in the world than...” (continue)(continue reading)
Joan Crawford

“Hollywood is like life: you face it with the sum total of your equipment.”
Joan Crawford

“You sure drink a good dinner.”

Joan Crawford - Janie Barlow

“- Martin: Such memories belong to another lifetime, mademoiselle. One which has come to an end. And which, unfortunately, some of us have outlived.
- Michele de la Becque: But why have our lifetimes come to an end, our private little worlds?”

Morris Ankrum - Martin
Joan Crawford - Michele de la Becque

“- Policeman: Come on up to the station house, the Lieutenant is throwing a party.
- Janie Barlow: Can't I even get some clothes!
- Policeman: No, he wants you just as you are.
- Janie Barlow: Oh, it's that kind of a party!”

Frank Hagney - Policeman
Joan Crawford - Janie Barlow

“- Patch Gallagher: I don't mix business with pleasure.
- Janie Barlow: Well, it'd be a pleasure to me if you'd mind your own business.”
Clark Gable - Patch Gallagher
Joan Crawford - Janie Barlow

“I'm the kind of investment that doesn't pay.”
Joan Crawford - Janie Barlow

“- Jasper Bradley, Jr.: You sure have got rhythm, baby.
- Janie Barlow: Yeah, well, keep your hands off it.”
Maynard Holmes - Jasper Bradley, Jr.
Joan Crawford - Janie Barlow

“- Rosette LaRue: You could dream better if you'll get to sleep.
- Janie Barlow: I'm through dreaming. I'm gonna start doing. I'm going up where it's art: uptown.”
Winnie Lightner - Rosette LaRue
Joan Crawford - Janie Barlow

“- Tod Newton: That's a swell dance! It's a little bit uncivilized, though.
- Janie Barlow: Maybe that's why it's so beautiful.”
Franchot Tone - Tod Newton
Joan Crawford - Janie Barlow

“- Verne: So you outsmarted me, huh?
- Julie: That's what happens, they tell me, when smart people get together. One of them winds up ahead.”
Clark Gable - Verne
Joan Crawford - Julie

“- Janie Barlow: I saw your face once, in the wings. It made me feel as if everything I was doing was wrong.
- Patch Gallagher: I guess I got that kind of a face.”
Joan Crawford - Janie Barlow
Clark Gable - Patch Gallagher

“- Richard Myles: The less you know, or appear to know, the better.
- Frances Myles: That's what my mother told me the night I came out in Boston.”
Fred MacMurray - Richard Myles
Joan Crawford - Frances Myles

“Being safe isn't nearly as important in this world as it used to be.”
Joan Crawford - Michele de la Becque