I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an entirely new art form. It was not just pantomine, but something wonderfully expressive.
Lionel Barrymore first played my grandfather, later my father, and finally, he played my husband. If he`d lived, I`m sure I`d have played his mother. That`s the way it is in Hollywood. The men get younger and the women get older.
[on Mary Pickford] It was always Mary herself that shone through. Her personality was the thing that made her movies memorable and the pictures that showed her personality were the best.
I never approved of talkies. Silent movies were well on their way to developing an entirely new art form. It was not just pantomine, but something wonderfully expressive.
