Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actress Gloria Stuart.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Gloria Frances Stuart was an American actress, visual artist, and activist. She was known for her roles in Pre-Code films, and garnered renewed fame late in life for her portrayal of Rose DeWitt Bukater in James Cameron's epic romance Titanic (1997), the highest-grossing film of all time at the time. Her performance in the film won her a Screen Actors Guild Award and earned her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture.
When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn't want movie actresses.
I had been told by so many people that I was going to be nominated, that I should be nominated, that there wasn't any question about my being nominated. I don't think it was a surprise.
I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!
It was a struggle treating Claude Rains as my lover, but we were friendly. It was no great love affair.
I wanted to be on the stage, doing very important emotional roles.
In the '60s, '70s and '80s, everybody was pretty tense on the set.
When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th.
The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films.
Claude Rains was what we call an actor's actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance.
I quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years.
I never had a great role in a great film.
There's no point in working if I'm not involved and interested.
I've been very, very successful. It's very satisfying to me.
It never occurred to me that it would be a big hit internationally and forever.
A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets.
I have a private press. I'm a book artist. I publish books of other authors and artists. I do the illustrating. I set the type. I print it myself on my press. I do everything but bind it.
When I graduated from Santa Monica High in 1927, I was voted the girl most likely to succeed. I didn't realize it would take so long.
I'm amazed. When I was 40, I thought I'd never make 50. And at 50 I thought the frosting on the cake would be 60. At 60, I was still going strong and enjoying everything.
I just finished my 11th book last week, so I'm ready to start the next one.
The John Ford pictures I made are highly regarded, but at the time they didn't seem like that.
I wanted to be a theater actress, but I thought it would be easier to get to New York and the theater if I had a name than if I just walked the streets as a little girl from California.
I do not need a man. I am devoted to masturbation. I think it's probably one of the most pleasurable experiences in life.