Paulette Goddard Quotes & Sayings

You live in the present and you eliminate things that don't matter. You don't carry the burden of the past. — Paulette Goddard

I'm always slightly embarrassed to meet other actresses of my vintage. We have so little in common. They're all so dedicated. I find - so desperate. — Paulette Goddard

I don't accept flowers. I take nothing perishable. — Paulette Goddard

He who accepts the unaltered philosophy of another is as ludicrous as he who donshis neighbor's hat, and infinitely more ridiculous. — Paulette Goddard

I am not temperamental. I just know what I want and if I don't have it, I try to get it. — Paulette Goddard

Actors and actresses who say they never go to see their own pictures are talking through their hats. You don't have to be a Freud to know that the most fascinating person in the world - actors or anybody - is yourself. — Paulette Goddard

I love doing TV. It's such a breakneck pace, you know. It's kiss and go with your leading man. You meet them in the morning and go right into a clinch. The filming is over before you know their last names. — Paulette Goddard

I lived in Hollywood long enough to
learn to play tennis and become a star,
but I never felt it was my home. — Paulette Goddard