Lana Turner movie quotes

“A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.”
Lana Turner

“It's like a gypsy curse, it's terrible. The more famous an actress becomes, the less she's allowed to eat. Unless she wants to play people's mothers. And in bad clothes, yet.”
Lana Turner

“Where wolves live, the forest is healthy.”
Lana Turner

“How does it happen that something that makes so much sense in the moonlight doesn't make any sense at all in the sunlight?”
Lana Turner

“It's said in Hollywood that you should always forgive your enemies - because you never know when you'll have to work with them.”
Lana Turner

“I find men terribly exciting, and any girl who says she doesn't is an anemic old maid, a streetwalker, or a saint.”
Lana Turner

“I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.”
Lana Turner

“I'm going up and up and up - and nobody's going to pull me down!”
Lana Turner - Lora Meredith

“- Lora Meredith: You're aiming high.
- Steve: Why not? It doesn't cost anymore. Don't you believe in chasing rainbows?”
Lana Turner - Lora Meredith
John Gavin - Steve Archer

“- Steve: Your bones...
- Lora Meredith: What about my bones?
- Steve: They're perfect. My camera could easily have a love affair with you.”
John Gavin - Steve Archer
Lana Turner - Lora Meredith

“- Lora Meredith: It never occurred to me that you had many friends. You never have any visit you.
- Annie: I know lots of people. Oh, hundreds.
- Lora Meredith: Really?
- Annie: I belong to the Baptist church. And I belong to several lodges too.
- Lora Meredith: I didn't know.
- Annie: Miss Lora, you never asked.”
Lana Turner - Lora Meredith
Juanita Moore - Annie Johnson

“- Lora Meredith: Now, just a moment, young lady! It's only because of my ambition that you've had the best of everything. And that's a solid achievement that any mother can be proud of!
- Susie, age 16: And how about a mother's love?
- Lora Meredith: Love? But you've always had that!
- Susie, age 16: Yes, by telephone, by postcard, by magazine...” (continue)(continue reading)
Lana Turner - Lora Meredith
Sandra Dee - Susie - 16

“- Georgia: Jonathan, will you marry me?
- Jonathan: Not even a little bit.”
Lana Turner - Georgia
Kirk Douglas - Jonathan

“- 'Gaucho': To give truth to a performance, there's nothing like love.
- Georgia: Love is for the very young.
- Lila: Love is for the birds!”
Gilbert Roland - 'Gaucho'
Lana Turner - Georgia
Elaine Stewart - Lila

“All men are alike. The approach is different; the result is always the same.”
Lana Turner

“I planned on having one husband and seven children, but it turned out the other way around.”
Lana Turner

“The thing about happiness is that it doesn't help you to grow; only unhappiness does that. ”
Lana Turner

“If you stay away from parties, you're called a snob. If you go, you're an exhibitionist. If you don't talk, you're dumb. If you do talk, you're quarrelsome. Pardon me while I change my nail polish.”
Lana Turner

“A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.”
Lana Turner

- Judge Cotton: Does this guy "Candy" Johnson bother you, my dear?
- Elizabeth Cotton: Not half as much as I bother him.
Frank Morgan - Judge Cotton
Lana Turner - Elizabeth Cotton

- Elizabeth Cotton: Candy, do you kiss with your eyes opened or closed?
- "Candy" Johnson: Opened, honey. I don't want to miss anything.
Lana Turner - Elizabeth Cotton
Clark Gable - "Candy" Johnson

“- Rigby Reardon: I'm working on an important case. It's dangerous, and you'll probably be killed. But if you love me, you'll do it.
- Jimmi-Sue Altfeld: Yes, I do love you.
- Rigby Reardon: And I love you. And I mean that more than anything I've ever said in my life.”

Steve Martin - Rigby Reardon
Lana Turner - Jimmi-Sue Altfeld