Claudette Colbert Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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