Claudette Colbert Quotations

It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.

I know what's best for me, after all I have been in the Claudette Colbert business longer than anybody.

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? The mother.

It took me years to figure out that you don't fall into a tub of butter, you jump for it.

Men don't get smarter when they grow older. They just lose their hair.

I married a wonderful doctor, and I was very happy - period.

I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I.

Audiences always sound like they're glad to see me, and I'm damned glad to see them.

If I couldn't laugh, I'd rather die.

You have no idea what a long-legged gal can do without doing anything.

I've always believed that acting is instinct to start with; you either have it or you don't.

Most of us don't know about happiness until it's over.

The casting couch? There's only one of us who ever made it to stardom without it, and that was Bette Davis.

Why do grandparents and grandchildren get along so well? They have the same enemy - the mother