Ethel Barrymore Quotes

"For an actress to be a success she must have the face of Venus, the brains of Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros."
-Ethel Barrymore in Success quotes.

"The great actors are the luminous ones. They are the great conductors of the stage."
-Ethel Barrymore in Actors quotes.

"The arts are not just instantaneous pleasure - if you don't like it, the artist is wrong. I belong to the generation which says if you don't like it, you don't understand and you ought to find out."
-Ethel Barrymore in Art quotes.

"The best time to make friends is before you need them."
-Ethel Barrymore

"That's all there is; there isn't any more."
-Ethel Barrymore

"Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become a virtuoso in both."
-Ethel Barrymore

"When life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, get up! If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn't that the best position from which to pray?"
-Ethel Barrymore