In the beginning, it was all black and white.”—Maureen O’Hara #MaureenOHara #TCM

“I loved acting. I didn’t particularly like being a movie star.”— Grace Patricia Kelly #GraceKelly

“I’ve reached a point in my life where it's the little things that matter... I was always a rebel and probably could have got much farther had I changed my attitude. But when you think about it, I got pretty far without changing attitudes. I'm happier with that.” —Veronica Lake

"I think any time you've played any kind of a part, you are learning something about your craft, no matter what the part is. So I think you just dig down into your deeper self and we all have a deeper darker place. Isn't it wonderful that I play these parts and let all of that

“I was certainly a well-trained dancer. I’m a good actress: I have depth. I have feeling. But they don’t care. All they want is the image.” — Rita Hayworth #RitaHayworth

“First I played ingénues and western heroines; then I played western heroines and ingénues. That diet of roles became as monotonous as a diet of spinach. The studio wouldn`t trust me with any other kind of role, because I had no experience in any other kind. And I didn`t see how

“I remember when I first walked into Mayer’s cavernous office. You had to walk 50 yards to get to him, and in that time he could really study everything about you.” ---Esther Williams #EstherWilliams

“I work primarily for the camera-it's not something I really talk about a lot, but it's part of the way I am as a movie actor. The camera is my girl, as it were.”—Terence Stamp #TerenceStamp

"If people don't like your work, all the still pictures in the world can't help you and nothing written about you, even oceans of it, will make you popular."-- Jean Arthur #JeanArthur

"I'm a Methodist, but not as an actor."— James Garner #JamesGarner

"What I observed about my fellow actors was that most gave up very easily."—Harrison Ford #HarrisonFord

"As a director, I wouldn't like me as an actor. As an actor, I wouldn't like me as a director."- Robert Redford #RobertRedford

"Old actors never die, they don't even fade away. They're always available."-- Russell Johnson #RussellJohnson

"It's no good being the best actor in the world if nobody sees you because you didn't happen to be there at the right day when a part was being cast"-- Roger Moore #RogerMoore

"All actors are terrified - they just learn how to control it."-- Lauren Bacall #LaurenBacall

Happy 90th Birthday to Dame Julie Andrews! 🎉🎂 “A lot of my life happened in great, wonderful bursts of good fortune, and then I would race to be worthy of it.” #JulieAndrews

"I love my work and I take it seriously... But I do not go about clutching my Career to an otherwise naked bosom. If my work were to be taken away from me tomorrow I wouldn't be stopped. I'd go on living, and still love it". — Carole Lombard #CaroleLombard

“Don't give up on yourself. So you make a mistake here and there; you do too much or you do too little. Just have fun. Smile. And keep putting on lipstick.”— Diane Keaton #DianeKeaton

“I became an actor to escape my own personality. Acting is the most therapeutic thing in the world. I think all the courage that I may lack personally, I have as an actor.”— George C. Scott #GeorgeCScott

“I’ve been through hell, and I’m grateful for every minute of it.”—Gene Tierney #GeneTierney