Greta Garbo Quotes

Greta Garbo — Swedish Actress born on September 18, 1905, died on April 15, 1990

Greta Garbo born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson was a Swedish film actress and an international star and icon during the twenties and thirties. Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress and received an honorary one in 1954 for her "luminous and unforgettable screen performances." In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema, after Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, and Ingrid Bergman... (wikipedia)

There are many things in your heart you can never tell to another person. They are you, your private joys and sorrows, and you can never tell them. You cheapen yourself, the inside of yourself, when you tell them.

My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think.

Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.

I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.

Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.