Billie Burke Quotes

A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.

There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career.

Forty-seven is nothing at all, nor is any age unless you're a cheese.

I am constantly amazed when I talk to young people to learn how much they know about sex and how little about soap.

It seems to me that the most fundamental mistake most parents make with children is to expect them to be grateful. Children are never grateful. ... The 'sacrifices' you made were not for them, they were for you.

An actress who has the gift of swaying the emotions of an audience, of compelling tribute of tears, or of moving the public to joyous merriment, cannot always be satisfied to set aside her whole career, in the work that she loves, simply because she is married.

Age is of no importance unless you are a cheese.

If I ever loved a man better than I love my art, I should marry him and leave the stage. But I have never met such a man.

But if people will laugh at my work and keep a sound roof over my head, who am I to complain?

A woman isn't as old as she thinks she is. She's as old as men think she is.

Sin in the theater, I can observe now, is comparable to education in a university: it is there for those who wish to take advantage of it, but fewer do than you might suspect.

I think when an actress marries she should leave the stage. She cannot be happy if she is married and remains on the stage. She must care more for her art or for her husband.

Twins are so practical. It's always nice to have a spare.

To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow pony.

Age doesn't matter, unless you're cheese.