Ethel Barrymore Quotes

“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.”

“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.”

“My beloved Mom and Pop always rated tops with each other, and that's the way it will always be.”

“At one time I smoked, but in 1959 I couldn't think of anything else to give up for Lent so I stopped - and I haven't had a cigarette since.”

“Today or any day that phone may ring and bring good news.”

“Everything's coming up roses - for me.”

“My whole family could sing. My family harmonized without any instruments to accompany them.”

“You are a person of the greatest importance when you are a mother of a family. Just do your job right and your kids will love you.”

“Elia Kazan understood my problems. He was able to bring out the very best in me. He gave me credit for my intelligence.”

“When we lost Bobby, I would wake up in the morning and think, 'He's OK. He's in Heaven, and he's with Jack and a lot of my brothers and sisters and my parents.' So it made it very easy to get through the day thinking he was OK.”