Famous Ethel Barrymore Quotations

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"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."
by Ethel Barrymore
"You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself."
by Ethel Barrymore
"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."
by Ethel Barrymore
"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."
by Ethel Barrymore
"The people are unreal. The flowers are unreal, they don't smell. The food is unreal, it doesn't taste of anything. The whole place is a glaring, gaudy, nightmarish set, built up in the desert."
by Ethel Barrymore
"The best time to make friends is before you need them."
by Ethel Barrymore
"You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself."
by Ethel Barrymore
"There is as much difference between the stage and the film as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become a virtuoso in both."
by Ethel Barrymore


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