A Quote by Joan Rivers

I could be the Greta Garbo of comedy, very secluded, but Garbo had a man who was beyond rich to support her.

Joan Rivers

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Joan Rivers
American - Comedian
June 8, 1933 - September 4, 2014

I'm fascinated by Greta Garbo. My cat's named Greta, and I have a framed photograph of her from 1949.

Jane Lynch

Why haven't I got a husband and children?" mused Greta Garbo to the Dutchess of Windsor, "I never met a man I could marry.

Greta Garbo

It's one of the most beautiful memories of my life. Not everyone has a chance to meet Greta Garbo! I was so in awe of her that I recently had my assistant search online for her film Queen Christina [1933]. I cherish that rare DVD like a precious keepsake now.

Giovanna Cau

"I want to be a lawn." Greta Garbo.

W. C. Sellar

Once, I was a bigger star than Greta Garbo.

Luise Rainer

You can compare me with Greta Garbo. I have big feet, too.

Lee Remick

In the old days, a star was someone up there - you know, Greta Garbo - but a telly star was somebody you could approach.

Diana Rigg

Greta Garbo: A deer in the body of a woman, living resentfully in the Hollywood zoo.

Clare Boothe Luce

The ending shot of 'Queen Christina' with Greta Garbo is amazing. She's at the head of the ship, and she's been through so much, and the camera gets so close to her face. That really sticks out for me.

James Gray

I think familiarity breeds contempt. I mean, we'll never get another Greta Garbo will we? Someone would go in with a camera Sellotaped to the bottom of a tray trying to get film of her with no make-up on.

Alan Carr

My perfect day would be to go on a picnic up Mt. Wilson with Christopher Isherwood, Greta Garbo, Aldous Huxley, and Bertrand Russell.

Janet Fitch

I was a big fan of Greta Garbo and that era of movies, so I dreamt watching those movies.

Marion Cotillard

As a language, Garbo's singularity was of the order of the concept, that of Audrey Hepburn is of the order of the substance; the face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn, an Event.