Mary Pickford Quotes

Mary Pickford — Canadian Actress born on April 08, 1893, died on May 29, 1979

Mary Pickford was a Canadian-American motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Known as "America's Sweetheart","Little Mary" and the "girl with the curls", Pickford was one of the Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood and a significant figure in the development of film acting. Pickford was one of the earliest stars to be billed under her name, and was one of the most popular actresses of the 10s and 20s, earning the nickname "Queen of the Movies"... (wikipedia)

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 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.

Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo.

You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.

It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around.