Irene Dunne

“I drifted into acting and drifted out. Acting is not everything. Living is.”

“Acting is not a state of being, but a state of appearing.”

“I appeared with many leading men. But working with Cary Grant was different from working with other actors. He was much more fun!”

“Hollywood is a cross between a health farm, a recreation center and an insane asylum. It's a company town, and I happen to like the company!”

“I think humor is the most important thing in life. It is the only thing that will get you through.”

“I have a theory that the screen is a magnifying glass. It's a revealer, not a concealer.”

“We must have God, and we must have prayer.”

“I'd rather be a spinster than a roaring success.”

“The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.”

“I have an abject horror of being bored.”