Claudette Colbert Quotes

I've always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don't.

I married a wonderful doctor, and I was very happy - period.

It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.

Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair.

You have no idea what a long-legged gal can do without doing anything.

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.

Audiences always sound like they're glad to see me, and I'm damned glad to see them.

The casting couch? There's only one of us who ever made it to stardom without it, and that was Bette Davis.

Most of us don't know about happiness until it's over.

I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.

If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die.

It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it.

I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I.