Lillian Gish

“I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an international language.”

“I don't think that the cinema would have been created without D.W. Griffith.”

“What you get is a living, what you give is a life.”

“It is the images that will be remembered, not the plots.”

“You know, when I first went into the movies, I had a lot of false ideas about my own importance.”

“I've never been in style, so I can't be out of it.”

“Fans are what make a star. A star is born, but the fans are what make it.”

“A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.”

“I think the things that are necessary in my profession are these: Taste, Talent and Tenacity. I think I have had a little of all three.”

“I'd rather have a good part than a good press.”

“Romance is a thing of the spirit. It's not a thing of the body.”

“You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another.”