Quotes by Joan Crawford

“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.”

“I think that the most important thing a woman can have- next to talent, of course- is her hairdresser.”

“Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.”

“1. Find your own style and have the courage to stick to it.2. Choose your clothes for your way of life.3. Make your wardrobe as versatile as an actress. It should be able to play many roles.4. Find...”

“I have always known what I wanted, and that was beauty... in every form.”

“I, Joan Crawford, I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I spend.”

“I need sex for a clear complexion but I'd rather do it for love.”

“I need sex for a clear complexion but I'd rather do it for love.”

“I never go outside unless I look like Joan Crawford the movie star. If you want to see the girl next door, go next door.”

“I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser.”

“You have to be self-reliant and strong to survive in this town. Otherwise you will be destroyed.”

“I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I spend!”

“If you've earned a position, be proud of it. Don't hide it. I want to be recognized. When I hear people say, 'There's Joan Crawford!' I turn around and say, 'Hi! How are you!'”

“If you have an ounce of common sense and one good friend you don't need an analyst.”

“Women's Lib? Poor little things. They always look so unhappy. Have you noticed how bitter their faces are?”

“It has been said that on screen I personified the American woman.”

“Learn to breathe, learn to speak, but first..learn to feel.”

“Every Negro in America is in one way or another menaced by it. One is born in a white country, a white Protestant Puritan country, where one was once a slave, where all the standards and all the im...”

“Then there was Queen Bee—a Joan Crawford soap. She wrote me a welcoming note saying how she'd always admired veterans of the silent days. And I never had the courage to inform her I was actually a ...”