Quotes by Gloria Stuart

• I've been very, very successful. It's very satisfying to me.
• When I went back to New York with somewhat of a name, they didn't want movie actresses.
• In the '60s, '70s and '80s, everybody was pretty tense on the set.
• It never occurred to me that it would be a big hit internationally and forever.
• It was a struggle treating Claude Rains as my lover, but we were friendly. It was no great love affair.
• The great actresses and actors receive awards for great roles in great films.
• The John Ford pictures I made are highly regarded, but at the time they didn't seem like that.
• There's no point in working if I'm not involved and interested.
• When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on my birthday? Because it's July 4th.
• I love working.
• 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.
• 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 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 quit after my seven-year contract with Universal was up. I quit for 33 years.
• Claude Rains was what we call an actor's actor. He was very involved with himself and his performance.
• 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.
• I have enjoyed acting very much, because I know it's not for real!
• I just finished my 11th book last week, so I'm ready to start the next one.
• I wanted to be on the stage, doing very important emotional roles.
• I never had a great role in a great film.
• 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.
• A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets.