After Theda Bara appeared in A Fool There Was, a vampire wave surged over the country. Women appeared in vampire gowns, pendant earrings, and even young girls were attempting to change from frank, open-eyed ingenues to the almond-eyed, carmine-lipped woman of subtlety and mystery.

You may have a fresh start anytime you choose.

If you have made mistakes, there is always another chance for you. You can start over any moment you choose.

I was forced to live far beyond my years when just a child, now I have reversed the order and I intend to remain young indefinitely.

The refined simplicity should develop out of the complex. It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkie instead of the other way around.

Make them laugh, make them cry, and hack to laughter. What do people go to the theatre for? An emotional exercise. I am a servant of the people. I have never forgotten that.

I saw Hollywood born and I've seen it die...