Quotes by Dietrich, Marlene

Gentleman. A man who buys two of the same morning paper from the doorm >>

To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for you >>

Do let him read the papers. But not while you accusingly tiptoe around >>

Quotations about Awards

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, fe >>

Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that t >>

The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient >>

A new kind of award has been added -- the deathbed award. It is not an award of any kind. Either the recipient has not acted at all, or was not nominated, or did not win the award the last few times around. It is intended to relieve the guilty conscience of the Academy members and save face in front of the public. The Academy has the horrible taste to have a star, choking with emotion, present this deathbed award so that there can be no doubt in anybody's mind why the award is so hurriedly given. Lucky is the actor who is too sick to watch the proceedings on television.

Dietrich, Marlene